The modernization of the irrigation systems has been the main strategy followed by the regional administration of the Valencia Region to cope with the structural water deficit of the region, which has been particularly severe during the last three decades. These policies have been oriented to the substitution of gravity irrigation systems for drip technology. The technological change has involved an important investment effort, developed by different public administrations and also the farmers and water users' associations (WUAs). This transformation, has also involved a change in the structure of costs of the WUAs. This paper analyzes the changes in costs and tariffs of irrigation after the important investments made in the modernization of irrigation. The effects of subsidies on the percentage of the cost recovery in the services of water for irrigation are also considered. All of them have developed modernization projects in the recent years. It can be concluded that conflict between two objectives proposed by the Water Framework Directive may exist. On the one hand, significant reductions of water supply are observed; meanwhile, on the other hand, the cost recovery percentage diminishes significantly.
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November 25 2013
The effects of irrigation modernization on the cost recovery of water in the Valencia Region (Spain)
Marta García-Mollá;
1Centro Valenciano de Estudios del Riego, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia, Spain
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Mar Ortega-Reig;
Mar Ortega-Reig
1Centro Valenciano de Estudios del Riego, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia, Spain
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Carles Sanchis-Ibor;
Carles Sanchis-Ibor
1Centro Valenciano de Estudios del Riego, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia, Spain
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Llorenç Avellà-Reus
Llorenç Avellà-Reus
1Centro Valenciano de Estudios del Riego, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia, Spain
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Water Supply (2014) 14 (3): 414–420.
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Received:
September 13 2013
Accepted:
November 12 2013
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Marta García-Mollá, Mar Ortega-Reig, Carles Sanchis-Ibor, Llorenç Avellà-Reus; The effects of irrigation modernization on the cost recovery of water in the Valencia Region (Spain). Water Supply 1 June 2014; 14 (3): 414–420. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2013.215
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Marta García-Mollá, Mar Ortega-Reig, Carles Sanchis-Ibor, Llorenç Avellà-Reus; The effects of irrigation modernization on the cost recovery of water in the Valencia Region (Spain). Water Supply 1 June 2014; 14 (3): 414–420. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2013.215
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