Competition for Water Resources

Jadwiga R. Ziolkowska is an assistant professor and environmental economist in the Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability at University of Oklahoma. She was a post-doctoral scholar at University of California at Berkeley and an EU Marie Curie Fellow in the 7th Framework Program. She was also a researcher at University of Texas at Austin. She received her PhD and Habilitation, both in agricultural economics, from Humboldt University of Berlin. Her research areas include sustainability evaluation and decision-making support in the field of natural resources, environmental, bioenergy, agricultural economics, and resource management. Her current research focus is on optimizing water management systems, desalination, biofuels, food waste economics, geospatial and spatio-temporal analyses. Jeffrey M. Peterson is the Director of the Water Resources Center and a professor of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota. He earned his Ph.D. from Cornell University in agricultural and resource economics. Prior to coming to Minnesota he was a faculty member in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Kansas State University for 15 years, serving as Director of Graduate Studies from 2014 to 2015. He also held a 1-year visiting faculty appointment at Oregon State University. His research focuses on environmental policy analysis with an emphasis on water use and water quality impacts related to agriculture. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Council on Optimizing Water Use in Agriculture for the Foundation for Food and Agriculture research and an editor of the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

• Part 1. Regional Water Scarcity ProblemsChapter 1.1. Meeting the Challenge of Water Scarcity in the Western United StatesChapter 1.2. Competition for Water Resources From the European PerspectiveChapter 1.3. Institutional Aspects and Policy Background of Water Scarcity Problems in the United StatesPart 2. Areas of Competition for Water Resources - Experiences from the US and EuropeSubpart 2.1. Water for Food ProductionChapter 2.1.1. Challenges for US Irrigated Agriculture in the Face of Emerging Demands and Climate ChangeChapter 2.1.2. The Water–Energy Nexus and Irrigated Agriculture in the United States: Trends and AnalysesChapter 2.1.3. The Water–Energy Nexus in Europe and Spain: An Institutional Analysis From the Perspective of the Spanish Irrigation SectorSubpart 2.2. Water for Energy ProductionChapter 2.2.1. Water Scarcity and Conservation Along the Biofuel Supply Chain in the United States: From Farm to RefineryChapter 2.2.2. Water Use for Biofuels in EuropeChapter 2.2.3. Water–Energy Nexus and Environmental Aspects of Oil and Gas ProductionChapter 2.2.4. Water Use for Unconventional Natural Gas Development Within the Susquehanna River BasinChapter 2.2.5. Water Use for Unconventional Gas Production in the European UnionChapter 2.2.6. Water for Electricity Generation in the United StatesChapter 2.2.7. Long-Term Water and Energy Issues in European Power SystemsChapter 2.3. Water–Energy–Food Nexus—Commonalities and Differences in the United States and EuropePart 3. Water Management Approaches to Mitigate/Adapt to Scarce Water Resources - Case Studies From the United States and EuropeSubpart 3.1. Management Approaches in the United StatesChapter 3.1.1. Willingness to Pay for Reclaimed Water: A Case Study for OklahomaChapter 3.1.2. Conjunctive Water Management in Hydraulically Connected Regions in the Western United StatesChapter 3.1.3. Prospects for Desalination in the United States—Experiences From California, Florida, and TexasChapter 3.1.4. Water Trading Innovations: Reducing Agricultural Consumptive Use to Improve Adaptation to ScarcityChapter 3.1.5. Groundwater Scarcity: Management Approaches and Recent InnovationsSubpart 3.2. Management Approaches in EuropeChapter 3.2.1. Wastewater Reuse to Cope With Water and Nutrient Scarcity in Agriculture—A Case Study for Braunschweig in GermanyChapter 3.2.2. Avoiding Floods in Spring and Droughts in Summer–Water Regulation Strategies in Germany and PolandChapter 3.2.3. Water Storage and Conjunctive Water UseChapter 3.2.4. Product, Process, and Organizational Innovations in Water ManagementChapter 3.3. Comparison of Water Management Institutions and Approaches in the United States and Europe—What Can We Learn From Each Other?Part 4. The Future of Water: Prospects and Challenges for Water Management in the 21st Century