How do you put a price on water? Is a natural resource such as water best served by economics? Does a dollar sign on water best preserve water? Can
natural resources be tallied in a cost-and-benefit spreadsheet to determine policy? What does “water is the next oil”
mean? Do water values correlate with behavior? Is value the same as price? Would
you pay 10 times your current water bill to replace aging supply infrastructure? conserve water? Is water a human right or a commodity to be bought and sold? Should
private companies manage and operate Kansas communities’ water infrastructure? To what extent should the price of water reflect its value? Under what circumstances should price not align
How do we get Kansans to think of the value of water? How would you balance
with value?
economic development in Kansas versus a cost that might include polluted groundwater? depleted aquifers? stream poisoning? How can one
determine a market price for water? To what extent should we preserve Kansas groundwater resources for future generations? What incentives would encourage users to invest in Kansas water resources? How much water should be used by
people and how much allocated to maintain ecosystems? Is water a common good with shared r e s p o n s I b I l I t y ?