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...

This prestigious volume consists of the proceedings of the 1st ever Water Summit to be convened in the world. Under the theme, Water Security: Leadership and Commitment, the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit (1st APWS) convened political leaders of the region and high level dignitaries in December...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Boxes, Figures and Tables -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I -- 1 Understanding Water Institutions : Structure, Environment and Change Process R. Maria Saleth -- 2 Public-Private Partnership in Irrigation...

"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...

This volume reviews the experience of cooperation in five international river basins, focusing on the perceptions of risks and opportunities by decision makers in countries responding to a specific prospect of cooperation. For each basin, the analysis centered on "tipping points," or periods in...