Institutional Change in Water Rights in China: A Study of Water Rights Confirmation and Registration in Delingha City
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The submitted manuscript concerns the important issue of the the institutional change of water rights in China: a study of water rights confirmation and registration in Delingha city. In the paper, the Authors presented the process, result, experience, and problems of the author’s involvement in the water rights confirmation and registration in Delingha as the methods designer of water rights confirmation. Comments: What is the justification of using three main different sectors in the analysis? How the water consumption coefficients were calculated? Line 154: List the sections to more clarify the framework of the manuscript. If possible more details shoulc be added to the class division (towns vs cities, etc.). Line 225: The following figure: Figure 2. Framework and indicator selection of water rights confirmation, should be pasted on the whole page. Line 71, please add the reference. If possible add in the abstract more information about the Three Red Line. Add the separate section for the characteristics of the study area: Delingha city, as to show the character of it. The region in which the inquiry was conducted, What's distinctive about it, What's typical, as compared to the rest of the (region) country? Also, some formulas of the calculated coefficients would be beneficial. Line 186. The choice of reference should be supplemented with respect to From the perspective of ecological sustainability of water resources, it is necessary to consider water rights confirmation based on water consumption as well. Therefore, the available water resources should be considered. It refers to the maximum amount of water that can be used among the total water resources of a basin in a foreseeable period by taking economically reasonable and technically feasible measures, based on the overall consideration of water use for life, production and ecological environment eg. Modelling water distribution network failures and deterioration, 2017, IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management 2017-December, pp. 924-928, Consumers’ Perceptions of the Supply of Tap Water in Crisis Situations, Energies 2020, 13, 3617. And Failure Risk Analysis of Water Distributions Systems Using Hydraulic Models on Real Field Data. Line 341: Are there concrete steps that can be recommended for the authorities? Please add in the conclusions a list of the main findings and interpretation, practical recommendations, and research perspectives.
Author Response
Dear reviewer:
Thank you very much for your careful review of our manuscript and recognition of our study. Your comments are very helpful to us. Based on your comments, we have made careful considerations and revisions. Please see the attachment.
Your kind consideration will be greatly appreciated.
With best regards,
Sincerely,
Authors.
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Reviewer 2 Report
The paper introduced the process, results and experience of the water rights confirmation and registration in Delingha in China. Several concept of water rights system such as water rights confirmation, water abstraction permit, three red lines and water allocation were discussed. As the water use and management in China is quite complex, it is not easy to systematically introduce its water rights system. The paper is recommended to be published.
Here are some detailed comments:
(1) The text in Figure 2 is too small to read clearly.
(2) Some proper names need explanation. For example , Line 247 “. If there is no water abstraction permit, indicators are selected after the authoritative ranking of data”; Line 278 “There are 6 grade V water resources areas in Delingha City” . What is “authoritative ranking of data” and what is “grade V water resources areas”. There are still many such issues in the text that need to be explained to make it easier for international readers to understand.
(3) Line 301- 303. “The total domestic water rights of Delingha city is 0.1543 million m3. It includes domestic water for urban and rural residents, the service and construction industry, and urban greening. Among them, Delingha Water Supply Company is 15 million m3”. Are the water rights of Delingha Water Supply Company larger than the total domestic water rights of the city?
(4) In table 2, why the reserved water rights of Bayin and Balegen is “-“, but the total is 0.2622. By the way, in the first line of the table, it is “Total” not “Tatol”.
(5) It is strongly recommended that the author check the English to avoid mistakes.
Author Response
Dear reviewer:
Thank you very much for your careful review of our manuscript and recognition of our study. Your comments are very helpful to us. Based on your comments, we have made careful considerations and revisions. Please see the attachment.
Your kind consideration will be greatly appreciated.
With best regards,
Sincerely,
Authors.
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
The paper was improved and can be accepted.
