Title: On the Significant Change in Means of Administrating Water Resources
Abstract: The practice of administrating water resources with focus on supply was a great success in the last century, but was gravely challenged in the last ten years. Many factors contributed to the serious situation, such as low efficiency of water use and distribution, successive growth of bound cost of newly-added water supply, restriction of government budget, difference between tax, allowance and water price and chance cost. It was these problems and change of the view of water that enhanced the shift in focus of administrating water resources from pure supply to demand administration which requires establishing the market of water resources and adjusting water resources by market mechnism. And the new practice requires that the right of water be determined, that the price of water be reasonable and that a reform of administrative system be imposed. Therefore, it is the only way out for our country’s shortage of water to realize the basic change in means of administrating water resources and raise efficiency of utility of water resources and of water distribution.
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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