The current Water Abstraction License (WAL) regime in Italy is no longer flexible enough to cope with the challenges … of bottom-up conflict resolution mechanisms at a basin scale; a water pricing scheme that does not reflect the cost of … water conveyance and use, and does not encourage efficient water allocation; and the lack of a central WAL register, which …

In many areas of the world, including large parts of the United States, scarce water supplies are a serious resource … and environmental concern. The possibility exists that water is being used at rates that exceed what would be dictated by … policy makers and others to the use of various techniques of demand management, including requirements for the adoption of …

When consumption of water and other utilities is measured collectively and payment for such services is equally shared … installation of individual meters affects water consumption. Using rich administrative data from the public water utility company … in Quito, Ecuador, it is estimated that water consumption decreases by about 8% as a result of the introduction of …

, available water will satisfy in average 62.2% of the annual demand. This is much lower than the minimum water access reliability …The Drought Management Plans (DMPs) are a regulatory instrument that establishes priorities among the different water … uses and defines more stringent constraints to access to publicly provided water during droughts, especially for non …

, extreme monsoon rainfall and sea level rise. Water is emerging as a new possible irritant between China and India. For India …, Water of Brahmaputra constitutes a major lifeline for people of Tibet and North Eastern states. The building of dams and … requirement of fresh water as the pollution grows and population rise has forced China to have the Tsangpo-Brahmaputra River …

Water is a multidimensional issue, involving water availability, access to freshwater, spatial and temporal … other aspects. The water security approach manages such complexity and proposes a comprehensive view of human security in … relation to the water-related issues. Consequently, the solutions developed in order to face this multi-faceted concept should …