•as long the uses are non-rival there is no problem!
•The need for allocation and management occurs when the uses become rival and trade-offs emerge
•then we have two options
–reallocating the water
or the benefits of the water use,
–investing in ways to
conserve, store or reuse water
•fundamentally the concept of benefit sharing becomes a good idea when the strategically selected and placed investments planned at a basin level is more profitable than when done at a country level. This allows the basin to exploit the comparative advantages of the individual countries.
•Who and what use can generate the most benefit
per unit of water? (more
benefit per drop)
Why talk
about benefit sharing?
Why talk
about benefit sharing?