Water banking is the practice of forgoing water deliveries during certain periods, and “banking” either the right to use the forgone water in the future, or saving it for someone else to use in exchange for a fee or
delivery in kind
Delivery may refer to:
*Delivery (commerce), of goods, e.g.:
**Pizza delivery
**Milk delivery
**Food delivery
**Online grocer
Film and television
*Delivering (film), ''Delivering'' (film), a 1993 short film by Todd Field
*Delivery (2005 film), '' ...
. It is usually used where there is significant storage capacity to facilitate such transfers of water.
Spain
In Spain water banking was given a legislative basis by the 1999 Water Law. The socialist government elected in 2004 planned to create a public water bank in each hydrographical
basin as part of its AGUA programme. This would allow historical water resources to be re-allocated according to "criteria of equity, efficiency, and sustainability".
[Font, N., and J. Subirats. 2010. Water management in Spain: the role of policy entrepreneurs in shaping change. Ecology and Society 15(2): 25. nlineURL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol15/iss2/art25/]
United States
In the United States, water banking is typically regulated and managed at the state level.
References
*{{CRS, article = Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition, url = http://ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/05jun/97-905.pdf, author= Jasper Womach
Water supply and sanitation in Spain
Water supply and sanitation in the United States