Hi Reddit!
I did AMAs in November and July last year, but water crises are back in the news. That's because "Nature makes a drought, but man makes a shortage."
I'm here to answer any and all questions related to the political economy of water, i.e., who gets water and how do we put it to "highest and best use."
Here's my proof with a few important points, i.e., urban vs agricultural use, good management helps the poor, etc.
NB: I've traveled in 90+ countries and follow water issues everywhere, so AMA related to your local situation, and I'll try to give a useful response.
Links of interest:
- My blog, aguanomics.com
- My book, Living with Water Scarcity <=== free to download
- My PhD dissertation "Conflict and Cooperation within an Organization: A Case Study of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California"
- "The end of abundance: How water bureaucrats created and destroyed the southern California oasis"
- All-in-auctions for water <=== how farmers can reallocate water
- People use less water when it's expensive
- Pricing urban water for conservation, fairness and fiscal stability
- Water "consumption" is not the same as "use"
- Farmers only use 9 percent of water?
- São California <=== radical ideas for California
- Nestle is not the problem <=== the problem is governments that sell water too cheap.
- Desalination is usually not the solution but it is politically useful
Political Economy 101: Corruption only works when politicians take bribes b/c THEY have the monopoly power. An honest politician or bureaucrat can hold off an army of corrupt businessmen (but not their boss!)
Abbreviations
- af (acre-foot). 325,800 gallons of water = 1,234 m3
- Ag(ricuture)
- g/w: groundwater
- LADWP = Los Angeles Dept of Water and Power
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