Describes the history of and trends in public-private partnerships in infrastructure improvements in US public utilities, especially water utilities. Read more...
Describes the range of options open to water utilities to improve their competitiveness: private-sector involvement, improving in-house operations... Read more...
Based on experiences in the United States, the author discusses alternatives to service disconnection, including financial counseling, arrearage... Read more...
This article describes the use of marginal-cost pricing to determine water rates. Two approaches are examined for the determination of marginal... Read more...
This article reviews failure-prediction models that have appeared in the financial literature and describes development of a distress classification... Read more...
This article provides an overview of funding sources available to small public water systems in the United States in order to comply with the Safe... Read more...
This article descibes steps taken in the United States to restrict water demand, including the setting up of water conservation offices, committees,... Read more...
Many public water systems in the United States are faced with having to invest in plants and equipment to monitor and treat their drinking water in... Read more...