Water use in the U.S. has followed a remarkable pattern since 1950, not mimicking the almost uninterrupted 110 percent … improvement in per capita GDP. After doubling between 1950 and 1980, the total volume of water withdrawn has stabilized and even ….S. to produce each dollar of its GDP with increasingly less water stems from long-term structural changes of the U …

In most developed countries, the provision of water is organized at a local level. The costs and tariffs vary … significantly, even between adjacent water utilities. Such heterogeneity is an obvious indication of the sector’s overall … inefficiency and stresses a need for institutional adjustments. We show that cooperation by water trade and the introduction of …