Dataset on the in-stream and off-stream economic value of water

• Main Authors: Benjamin H. Lowe, David R. Oglethorpe, Sonal Choudhary
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
• Series: Data in Brief
• Subjects: Benefit transfer; Economic value of water; Environmental valuation; Non-market valuation; Value transfer
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340920303280

This dataset contains 706 estimates of the economic value of water; it has been compiled from published sources. Economic values are provided for three off-stream uses (agriculture/irrigation, industry, and municipal) and three in-stream ecosystem services (recreation, waste assimilation, and wildlife habitat). The dataset covers per period and capitalised asset values. All value estimates have been standardised in USD (2014) per acre-foot. The data accompany the research article entitled “Shifting from volume to economic value in virtual water allocation problems: a proposed new framework and methodology” [1]. The dataset can be used to facilitate benefits (or value) transfer.