TECHNICAL REPORT - Water Pricing, Costs and Markets - February 2023 watercommission.org

Water Pricing, Costs and Markets TECHNICAL REPORT Water Pricing, Costs and Markets Sarah Ann Wheeler1, Céline Nauges2 and R. [...] Quentin Grafton3 1 Professor of Water Economics, School of Economics and Public Policy, University of Adelaide, Australia 2 Research Director, French Institute for Research in Agriculture and Environment, Toulouse School of Economics, France 3 Professor of Economics, ARC Laureate Fellow, Chairholder UNESCO Chair in Water Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University,. [...] 3 1 INTRODUCTION TO WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT 4 2 WATER PRICING AND COSTS 5 2.1 Principles and components. [...] 7 2.3 The multiplicity of water tariffs. [...] .15 2.6 The price of water as a tool to manage water demand.