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1 Donoso, G.; Melo, O.. 2006. Water quality management in Chile: Use of economic instruments. In Biswas, A. K.; Tortajada, C.; Braga, B.; Rodriguez, D. J. (Eds.). Water quality management in the Americas. Berlin, Germany: Springer. pp.229-251.
Water quality ; Water resource management ; Economic aspects ; Effluents ; Water pollution ; Pollution control ; Policy ; Taxes ; User charges / Chile / USA
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G300 BIS Record No: H040190)
2 Engler, A.; Melo, O.; Rodriguez, F.; Penafiel, B.; Jara-Rojas, R. 2021. Governing water resource allocation: water user association characteristics and the role of the state. Water, 13(17):2436. [doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/w13172436]
Water resources ; Water allocation ; Water user associations ; Water governance ; Collective action ; Water scarcity ; Water rights ; Conflicts ; Infrastructure / Chile / Valparaiso / Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins / Petorca Basin / Aconcagua Basin / Cachapoal Basin / Maule Basin / Longaví Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050639)
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Water, as a common pool resource, is threatened by the possibility of overextraction generating a negative economic impact, conflicts among users, and greater income inequality. Scholars have discussed different governance approaches to deal with this threat, including centralized governance and self-governance, and lately, special attention has been paid to the interactions between formal institutions (the state) and local water user associations and how this promotes self-governance. The aim of this paper was to examine the adoption of Ostrom’s design principles present in the legal norms dictated in the Chilean Water Code by water user associations and to analyze the roles of their size, community homogeneity, and perceived water stress on adopting legal norms. The results showed that water communities generally follow the rules established in the Water Code, but the voting system, distribution of water, and fee payment are adjusted in small and homogenous water user associations. We can also conclude that a cornerstone in the system is implementing graduated sanctions, as water users see the tools provided by the Water Code as ineffective.
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