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  • A water surcharge policy for river basin management in Korea: A means of resolving environmental conflict?

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    Min, Byung-Seong
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    Min, Byung-Seong S.
    Year published
    2004
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    Abstract
    Conflict between the upstream and downstream residents of four major river basins in Korea has recently intensified. The introduction of a metric-based surcharge for piped water, coupled with environmental regulations, aims to resolve these conflicts. The water surcharge system was introduced both to collect revenue via a levy and to achieve a win-win situation for both upstream and downstream users through two major policy measures: increasing infrastructure investment in wastewater treatment and providing subsidies to upstream residents to compensate for the losses imposed by environmental regulations. A volumetric surcharge ...
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    Conflict between the upstream and downstream residents of four major river basins in Korea has recently intensified. The introduction of a metric-based surcharge for piped water, coupled with environmental regulations, aims to resolve these conflicts. The water surcharge system was introduced both to collect revenue via a levy and to achieve a win-win situation for both upstream and downstream users through two major policy measures: increasing infrastructure investment in wastewater treatment and providing subsidies to upstream residents to compensate for the losses imposed by environmental regulations. A volumetric surcharge is in line with taxation policy as ordinary households are relatively price inelastic. However, the surcharge is an earmarked water consumption tariff for piped water in order to raise revenue, rather than a full-cost based pollution preventive measure.
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    Journal Title
    Water Policy
    Volume
    6
    Publisher URI
    http://wp.iwaponline.com/content/6/4/365
    Copyright Statement
    © IWA Publishing 2004. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. The definitive peer-reviewed and edited version of this article is published in Water Policy Vol. 6, pp. 365-380, 2004 and is available at www.iwapublishing.com
    Subject
    Applied Economics
    Policy and Administration
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/5409
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