Water Supply. Economics, Technology and Policy.

ix, 376 pages. Original cloth. 29 illustrations. 24,5 x 17,5 cm. Contents: The Water Problem; Our Water Resources: The Present Picture; The Economics of Utilization of Existing Water Supplies; Critisicsms of Market Allocations: The Political Allocation Process; Municipial Water Rates; Investment in Additional Water Supplies; The Practical Logic of Investment Efficiency Calculations; Technological Features and Costs of Alternative Supplies of Water; Water Law: Governement Discretion or Property Rights; New York`s „Water Crisis“: Case Study of a Crucial Decision; Water for Southern California: Case Study of an Region; Some Controversial Conclusions and Their Implications.

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