Basic principles for urban water value assessment and price setting towards its full cost recovery - Pinpointing the role of the water losses

Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-39

  Kanakoudis, V ^a   Gonelas, K ^a   Tolikas, D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Full water cost assessment; Water pricing; WFD

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; BASIC PRINCIPLES; CAPACITY COSTS; COST COMPONENTS; CRUCIAL PARAMETERS; DYNAMIC CHARACTER; FULL COSTS; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; PRICE LEVELS; PRICE SETTING; URBAN WATERS; WATER COST ASSESSMENT; WATER COSTS; WATER DEMAND; WATER LOSS; WATER PRICES; WATER PRICING; WATER PRICING POLICIES; WATER USE; WATER UTILITY; WFD;

COSTS; DEPRECIATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; RATING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

WATER RESOURCES;

ACTION PLAN; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; PRICING POLICY; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN REGION; WATER DEMAND; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

EID: 79251515508     PISSN: 00037214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/aqua.2011.093     Document Type: Article

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