Economies of scale in community water systems

Journal / American Water Works Association

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 100-108

  Shih, Jhih Shyang ^a,b,c,d   Harrington, Winston ^a   Pizer, William A ^a   Gillingham, Kenneth ^e  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^b Association of Environmental and Resource Economics   (United States)

^c AAAS   (United States)

^d Institution for Operations Research and Management Science   (United States)

^e Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WATER TREATMENT;

ECONOMIES OF SCALE; ENERGY COSTS; PRODUCTION COSTS; UNIT COSTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

EID: 33749459716     PISSN: 0003150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2006.tb07757.x     Document Type: Review

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