What is it about?
Since fresh water is becoming increasingly scarce, the pricing of electricity or for that matter any product which depends on fresh water must be linked to its footprint. This paper illustrates through a case study application how more realistic water footprint can be estimated for hydro power generation from a multi-purpose reservoir system.
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Why is it important?
This study is important for water resources managers and policy makers to arrive at "dynamic pricing" concept so that fresh water can be preserved and used judiciously.
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This article explains the concept through a simple case study example. The principle, however, can be extended to any large scale projects suitably. I feel that there is a strong need to educate people about the importance of preserving fresh water and the government authorities can think of framing their policies which gives more important to footprint estimations. This education must be given from school itself so that our kids develop an inner character to recognize the importance of natural resources and develop a concern on how to preserve them.
Sivapragasam Chandrasekaran
Kalasalingam University
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This page is a summary of: A conceptual framework for real time estimation of WFP for small hydroelectric power plant, Water Policy, September 2017, IWA Publishing,
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2017.289.
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