Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introductory Overview -- Census Data Shed Light On US Water And Wastewater Costs -- Water Is Cheap- Ridiculously Cheap! -- The Value of Water: What It Means, Why It's Important, and How Water Utility Managers Can Use It -- No Doubt About Climate Change and Its...

Intro -- The Multi-Governance of Water -- Contents -- Illustrations -- 1. Introduction: Conceptual Elements by Matthias Finger, Ludivine Tamiotti, and Jeremy Allouche -- 2. The Mekong River Basin: Comprehensive Water Governance by Nantana Gajaseni, Oliver William Heal, and Gareth Edwards-Jones...

"The chapter highlights the structure of the book, explains its approach and summarizes its main message. Increased water scarcity intensifies the tradeoffs inherent in allocating water to competing uses and turns the policy challenge of managing water resources ever more crucial. The book...

A detailed look at the water industry and the trends that can lead to investment opportunities Water has quickly grown into a big global business, with annual revenues in the United States alone reaching over 200 billion. In the years ahead, companies as well as governments must find innovative...

The Republic of Armenia is facing a number of emerging challenges in the water sector. Though overall waterresource availability in the country is good, the country's ability to monitor groundwater and surface water isdeteriorating, enforcement under the existing water permit system is weak,...

Intro -- NATIONAL WATER SUSTAINABILITY THE WATERSMART PROGRAM -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 DOI WATERSMART STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION PLAN -- SECTION 1. A SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES FUTURE -- SECTION 2. PROGRAM COORDINATION -- SECTION 3....

The pricing of water has often been applied universally, using general and ideological policies, and not considering regional environmental and economic differences. This book features case-studies that assess various policies by evaluating their objectives and constraints and demonstrating...