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| Walter, Teresa; Kloos, Julia; Tsegai, Daniel W.. |
| With the political changes in South Africa in the early 1990s, the South African government introduced a reform process in the entire water sector with the goal of a more enhanced and equitable water management system. This paper analyzes existing water allocation situations and applies a nonlinear optimization model to investigate the optimal intra- and inter-regional allocations in the Middle Olifants sub-basin of South Africa. Results show higher benefit from inter-regional water allocation. Reducing water supply levels to conform to the sustainable water supply policy, it can be shown that although water supply is reduced by approximately 50%, total benefits from water are only reduced by 5% and 11% for inter- and intra-regional allocation regimes... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Water allocation; IWRM; Olifants basin; South Africa; Africa; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97035 |
