It is a common temptation to suppose that consumer demand satisfaction is mostly dependent on the amount of water discharged into a network and hence, complaints about inadequate supply are usually blamed on insufficient production. However, a recent study by the authors indicated that equally...

The German potable water supply industry is regarded highly fragmented, thus preventing efficiency improvements that could happen through consolidation. Focusing on a hypothetical restructuring of the industry, we use a cross-section sample of 364 German water utilities in 2006, applying Data...