"The competition for groundwater sources as a water supply reinforces the need for a strong economic rationale in decision-making. Evaluating economic decisions in the context of total water management and life-cycle water use is essential to making critical development and remediation choices....

1. Introduction to Groundwater Economic Analysis2. Cost, Benefit, Price and Value of Groundwater in Market and Nonmarket Settings3. Groundwater Policy and Projects4. Economic Analysis of Groundwater Policy and Projects5. Life-Cycle Cost-Benefit Analysis6. Transboundary, International and Climate...

"The competition for groundwater sources as a water supply reinforces the need for a strong economic rationale in decision-making. Evaluating economic decisions in the context of total water management and life-cycle water use is essential to making critical development and remediation choices....