concerning the eu under the water framework directive wfd member states from will be required to ensure that the water prices charged to all consumers reflect the full costs om capital costs environmental and resource opportunity costs figure although derogations will be possible for lessfavoured areas or on grounds of social welfare to ensure all consumers have a basic service see the oecd questionnaire at wwwoecdorgwater australia also expects that some states will reach full cost recovery for irrigation water by eg new south wales this figure summarises the information from the oecd questionnaire at wwwoecdorgwater other costs including opportunity costs economic and environmental externality costs are shown in figure