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Water Pricing for a Dry Future

Water Pricing for a Dry Future

Program

Programs

Day One – Tuesday, February 2, 2016

8:00 – 8:30 Registration and light breakfast
8:30 – 9:15 Opening Session: Welcome, Background, and Objective of the Workshop
  Chair and Moderator: David Zilberman, University of California, Berkeley and the Giannini Foundation.
  1. California Water Issues and the Role of the University of California, Glenda Humiston Vice President for the Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California.
  2. The Giannini Foundation Water Research Program, Colin Carter, Professor and Director of the Giannini Foundation, University of California, Davis.
  3. Objectives of the workshop, Richard Kravitz, Director, University of California Center, Sacramento.
9:15 – 11:15 Session I: Combatting Droughts and Climate Change
  Chair and Moderator: David Zilberman, University of California, Berkeley.
  1. Water Pricing in Australia: Unbundled Politics, Accounting and Water Pricing. Gavin Hanlon NSW Department of Primary Industries, Parramatta, NSW, Australia.
  2. Closing the Gap: Producing Water and Charging for Water in Israel. Yacov Tsur, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.
  3. Water Pricing in Spain: Following the Footsteps of Somber Climate Change Projections. Javier Calatrava, Marian García-Valiñas, University of Oviedo, Spain, Alberto Garrido, and Francisco González-Gómez.

Panel: Responses to the Experiences from Australia, Israel and Spain.

Panel Members:

  1. David Mitchell M.Qubed, Davis, California, USA.
  2. C.-Y. Cynthia Lin Lawell University of California, Davis and the Giannini Foundation, USA.
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11:15 – 11:30

Coffee Break
11:30 – 1:30 Session II: Water Is Not as Abundant as It Seems To Be
  Chair and Moderator: Daniel M. Dooley New Current Water and Land, Sacramento, CA. USA.
  1. Water Pricing in Canada: Recent Developments. Steven Renzetti Brock University and Diane Duport Brock University, St. Catharinas, Ontario, Canada.
  2. Water Pricing in France: Toward More Incentives to Conserve Water. Marielle Montginoul IRSTEA, Montpellier, France, Sébastien Loubier, Bernard Barraqué, and Anne-Laurence Agenais.
  3. Water Pricing in Italy: Beyond Full-Cost Recovery. Antonio Massarutto University of Udine, Italy.

Panel: Responses to the Experiences from Canada, France, and Italy.

Panel Members:

  1. Daniel M. Dooley New Current Water and Land, Sacramento, CA, USA.
  2. David Sunding University of California, Berkeley and the Giannini Foundation, USA.
1:30 – 2:30 Lunch
2:30 – 5:00 Session III: Water Pricing Reforms
  Chair and Moderator: Ariel Dinar, University of California, Riverside and the Giannini Foundation, USA.
  1. Water Pricing in Chile: Decentralization and Market Reforms. Guillermo Donoso Catholic University of Chile, Macul.
  2. Water Pricing in Israel: Various Waters, Various Neighbors. Nir Becker Tel Hai College, Upper Galilee, Israel.
  3. Introducing New Mechanisms into Water Pricing Reforms in China. Dajun Shen Renmin University of China, Beijing, Xudong Yu, and Jian Shi.
  4. Sustainable Water Rate Design at the Western Municipal Water District (WMWD): The Art of Revenue Recovery, Water Use Efficiency, and Customer Equity. Tim Barr and Tom Ash Inland Empire Water Utility, Chino, California, USA.

Panel: Responses to the Experiences from Chile, China, Israel, and California

Panel Members:

  1. Daniel Sumner University of California, Davis and the Giannini Foundation, USA
  2. Emmanuel Asinas, Chief, Economic Analysis Section, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA, USA.
6:30 – 8:30 Dinner (by invitation)
  Dinner speaker: The Tale of Drip Irrigation in California, David Zilberman, University of California Berkeley and the Giannini Foundation, USA.

 

Day Two – Wednesday, February 3, 2016

8:00 – 8:30 Light breakfast
8:30 – 10:30 Session I: Incorporating Environmental and Social Considerations
  Chair and Moderator: Tom Ash Inland Empire Water Utility, Chino, California, USA.
  1. Managing Urban Water Demand with Allocation-Based Rates: Lessons from Two California Water Districts. Ken Baerenklau University of California, Riverside, USA and the Giannini Foundation, and Kurt Schwabe.
  2. Water Pricing: The Case of South Africa. Barbara Schreiner PEGASYS Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
  3. How to Integrate Social Objectives into Water Pricing. Bernard Barraqué Agroparistech-Engref, Paris, France, and Marielle Montginoul.

Panel: Responses to the Experiences from California, South Africa, and France

Panel Members:

  1. Thomas W Chesnutt A & N Technical Services, Inc. USA.
  2. Richard Howitt University of California, Davis and the Giannini Foundation, USA.
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Session II: Summary of the Workshop and Implication for California
  Chair and Moderator: Celeste Cantu General Manager, Santa Ana Water Project Authority, Riverside, California, USA.
  1. Lessons learned from the country experiences presented in the workshop, Ariel Dinar, University of California, Riverside and David Zilberman, University of California, Berkeley.

Panel Members:

  1. Tim Quinn, Executive Director, Association of California Water Agencies, ACWA, USA.
  2. Daniel M. Dooley New Current Water and Land, Sacramento, CA, USA.
  3. Ken Baerenklau, University of California, Riverside, USA.
  4. Alvar Escriva-Bou, Public Policy Institute of California, USA.