Using data on 25 major American cities for the period 1900-1940, we explore the effects of municipal-level public health efforts that were viewed as critical in the fight against food- and water-borne diseases. In addition to studying interventions such as treating sewage and setting strict...

This is a rejoinder to a comment written by Cutler and Miller on our recent paper, "Public Health Efforts and the Decline in Urban Mortality" (IZA DP No. 11773), which reanalyzes data used by Cutler and Miller to investigate the determinants of the urban mortality decline from 1900 to 1936. Two...

This paper analyses the interdependency of water and energy in India's wastewater sector. Wastewater treatment plants consume a great deal of energy. Energy-efficient technologies are available, but are only spreading slowly in developing countries. In India, only 10% of all wastewater generated...

Privatization of a public good (the management of sewage treatment centers in Dakar, Senegal) leads to an increase in the productivity of downstream sewage dumping companies and a decrease in downstream prices of the services they provide to households. We use the universe of legal dumps of...

Using data on 25 major American cities for the period 1900-1940, we explore the effects of municipal-level public health efforts that were viewed as critical in the fight against food- and water-borne diseases. In addition to studying interventions such as treating sewage and setting strict...

"This book discusses the fundamentals of and recent advances oxidation processes for water and wastewater. It highlights the basic rule in water and wastewater management in particular discussions on the importance of adhering the water management hierarchy in the overall management systems"--

"This book addresses topics in Industrial wastewater treatment and disposal. It will cover the different aspects of environmental engineering related to water and wastewater treatment processes and systems and control studies as well as solid and hazardous waste management emerging from such...

"This book examines the various treatment technologies and their application for producing reuse quality water from wastewater. It also covers topics such as the basic philosophy of wastewater treatment, designing principles of various wastewater treatment units, conventional treatment systems,...