Reducing pumping energy subsidies/increasing energy tariffs

Once a well is constructed, the major cost n groundwater abstraction is the energy required to lift water. This cost will depend not only on the water-table depth, aquifer characteristics and well-efficiency, but also on the unit cost of energy for pumping. Thus, rural electricity pricing can be a useful tool to influence groundwater pumping trends in the absence of adequate water resources administration capacity or political will to undertake direct volumetric charging.