We study adoption by more than 150,000 households of an optional transitional water tariff implemented in the South …

Global warming, while increasing human demand for water, is reducing water availability by reducing runoff flows and … the effective amount of water between seasons, making water scarcity a growing problem globally. Water management plays an … important role in mitigating global warming, improving the water cycle, reducing carbon emissions, and providing clean energy …

Water is an increasingly scarce resource. It is often distributed such that consumers do not face any marginal cost of … water at zero marginal cost. Using high-frequency data over many years, we analyze how the introduction of apartment …-level metering and billing (IMB) affects hot water consumption. We find that introducing a marginal cost, reflecting the market price …

This article provides an overview of key economic concepts in water services with a focus on price-based strategies for … demand management in the face of resource scarcity using the case of Nairobi city water services. The paper starts by first … presenting key issues and concepts in water economics then looks into detail issues of water pricing and concludes by providing …