This paper presents an empirical verification of the demand price elasticity for piped water in major cities in Poland … sustainable urban water demand. Any prediction of possible adaptation to global climate change also requires detailed information … – it was the main goal of the research. The information concerning the demand reaction to price changes is substantial for …

between locations, and various differences in economic and social policies. Municipal water demand modeling therefore requires … residents of the urban areas are provided with a variety of water services, including water supply, sewage collection and … treatment, and wastewater disposal. The volumes of water demanded for each of these purposes vary considerably from place to …

instrumental variables (IV) estimators. We estimate the price and income elasticity of water demand under increasing-block prices …Increasing-block prices are common in markets for water, cellular phone service, and retail electricity. This study … estimates demand models under block prices and conducts a Monte Carlo experiment to test the small-sample bias of structural and …

This paper seeks to determine water demand of the mining sector in the Middle Olifants sub-basin of South Africa …. Despite the growing economic importance of mining in the area, only little is known about its water demand and the role of … around 1%, is relatively small, reflecting the low water tariff and results show industrial water demand to be inelastic …

estimate water demand functions, which yields elasticity estimates of around − 0.41 for both residential and industrial sectors …We develop a framework to analyze urban water tariff setting and its welfare implications and apply it to a panel of … cities in the People's Republic of China in the 2000s. First, we find that peer cities' water tariff levels have a …

In many areas of the world, including large parts of the United States, scarce water supplies are a serious resource … and environmental concern. The possibility exists that water is being used at rates that exceed what would be dictated by … policy makers and others to the use of various techniques of demand management, including requirements for the adoption of …