Managing Urban Water Supply
We, the editors, have long believed that a strong knowledge of relatively simple economic and engineering concepts is valuable in solving water management problems. The lack of such knowledge has been apparent to us in some of the journal articles, research proposals and books we have reviewed. The...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2003, 2003
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2003 |
| Series: | Water Science and Technology Library
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Hydrology and Water Supply
- 3 Price Rationing
- 4 Water Supply Economics
- 5 Elasticity of Demand for Water Resource Managers
- 6 Water Transactions as an Urban Water Supply Strategy
- 7 Market Structure and Price Regulation
- 8 Industrial and Commercial Water Demands
- 9 Public Drinking Water in the United States
- 10 Water System Organization and Financial Decision Making
- 11 Drinking Water Disinfection in the United States: Balancing Infectious Disease, Cancer and Costs, Market and Nonmarket Failures
- 12 Effects of Land Subsidence in the Greater Houston Area
- 13 Solving Groundwater Overdraft in Arizona Urban Areas
- 14 Urban Water in Israel
- 15 The British Experience
- 16 Concluding Remarks