Water rate to manage residential water demand with seasonality: Peak-load pricing and increasing block rates approach

Water Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 930-944

  Molinos Senante, María ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental and resource costs; Full cost recovery; Increasing block tariffs; Peak load pricing; Seasonal water demand; Tourist municipalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920051490     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2014.180     Document Type: Article

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