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Una nota sobre la recuperacion de costes de los servicios del agua en la cuenca del Gallego

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  • Perez y Perez, Luis
  • Hurle, Jesus Barreiro

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Up to date, water management in Spain has been focused on supply approaches, with the result of providing consumers with this resource at a low price. Developments in the institutional framework regulating water management in the European context (mainly the implementation of the Water Framework Directive) have shifted this approach in order to promote sustainable water use. To achieve this objective, tariff policy must now take into account the water services cost-recovery principle for its different uses. Within this context, this paper estimates the public capital stock related to water supply and assesses the existing level of cost-recovery related to that stock. The methodology used, compares the tax level needed for full-cost recovery with actual revenues from different water-related taxes. The case study area is Gallego River basin in Aragon, and results show the low cost-recovery level for most water services. RESUMEN Tradicionalmente la gestión del agua en España se ha basado en un enfoque de oferta, que ha proporcionado el recurso a los usuarios a bajo precio. En la actualidad, la política europea que propugna la Directiva Marco del Agua (DMA) tiene como objetivo el promover su uso sostenible. Por ello, se ha de aplicar una política tarifaria que tenga en cuenta el principio de recuperación de costes de los servicios del agua en sus distintos usos. Los objetivos del trabajo son estimar el stock de capital público hidráulico y determinar el nivel de recuperación de los costes ligados a dicho stock, comparando las tarifas teóricamente óptimas para amortizar los costes, con los ingresos provenientes del cobro de los distintos cánones y tarifas. El análisis empírico se ha llevado a cabo sobre la cuenca del río Gallego y pone de manifiesto el todavía escaso nivel de recuperación de los costes en la mayoría de los servicios del agua. Palabras clave: Política del agua, Directiva Marco del Agua, recuperación de costes

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  • Perez y Perez, Luis & Hurle, Jesus Barreiro, 2007. "Una nota sobre la recuperacion de costes de los servicios del agua en la cuenca del Gallego," Economia Agraria y Recursos Naturales, Spanish Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 7(13), pages 1-8.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:earnsa:7997
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.7997
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