The environmental costs of water flow regulation: an innovative approach based on the ‘Polluter Pays’ principle

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dc.contributor.authorGarcia de Jalon, Silvestre
dc.contributor.authorGonzalez del Tanago, Marta G.
dc.contributor.authorAlonso, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorGarcia de Jalon, Diego
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-15T10:41:06Z
dc.date.available2017-05-15T10:41:06Z
dc.date.issued2017-04-24
dc.description.abstractThe EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) explicitly requires the full cost recovery of water services, including the environmental costs incurred from the damage that water uses inflict on the environment. Although flow regulation by river damming is one of the most prominent human impact on fresh water ecosystems its environmental costs are not properly included in water pricing. This paper presents a novel approach to assessing the environmental costs of flow regulation based on the polluter-pays principle. The methodology includes three steps: (i) assessing the admissible range of regulated flow variability, derived from the natural flow regime variability, (ii) estimating the daily environmental impact of regulated flows according to deviations from the admissible range of flow variability, and (iii) calculating the environmental costs of flow regulation. The procedure is applied to four river case studies in Spain, UK and Norway. The advantages over other water cost valuation methods are discussed. The methodology enlarges the current recognition of environmental costs of water use and represents a practical management tool within the WFD context, encouraging transparency and stakeholder communication.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationGarcía de Jalón, S., González del Tánago, M., Alonso, C. et al. The environmental costs of water flow regulation: an innovative approach based on the ‘Polluter Pays’ principle. Water Resources Management, Vol.31. Issue 9, July 2017, pp. 2809-2822en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0920-4741
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11269-017-1663-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/11890
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSpringeren_UK
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dc.subjectEnvironmental costsen_UK
dc.subjectFlow regulationen_UK
dc.subjectEnvironmental impacten_UK
dc.subjectValuationen_UK
dc.subjectWateren_UK
dc.titleThe environmental costs of water flow regulation: an innovative approach based on the ‘Polluter Pays’ principleen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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