In many areas of the world, including large parts of the United States, scarce water supplies are a serious resource … and environmental concern. The possibility exists that water is being used at rates that exceed what would be dictated by … policy makers and others to the use of various techniques of demand management, including requirements for the adoption of …

When consumption of water and other utilities is measured collectively and payment for such services is equally shared … installation of individual meters affects water consumption. Using rich administrative data from the public water utility company … in Quito, Ecuador, it is estimated that water consumption decreases by about 8% as a result of the introduction of …

The current Water Abstraction License (WAL) regime in Italy is no longer flexible enough to cope with the challenges … of bottom-up conflict resolution mechanisms at a basin scale; a water pricing scheme that does not reflect the cost of … water conveyance and use, and does not encourage efficient water allocation; and the lack of a central WAL register, which …

An issue that affects the effectiveness of water pricing policies is consumers' misperception, which implies that … households decide their water consumption based on poor/inaccurate information about the marginal price. We use household survey … informational and socioeconomic drivers usually considered in the literature, perceived water quality seems to be a relevant factor …