The Private Sector and Water Pricing in Efficient Urban Water Management

This book contributes new perspectives to the global debate on participation of the private sector and water pricing in urban water supply. Models and dynamics of privatization and water tariffs are discussed, as well as issues of social concern such as sustainability, efficiency and fairness.

Foreword Esteban de las Heras Balbás 1. Introduction Cecilia Tortajada, Francisco González-Gómez, Asit K. Biswas and Miguel A. García-Rubio 2. Policy Brief: The urban water challenge Michael Rouse 3. Enhancing the performance of water prices and tariff structures in achieving socially desirable outcomes Dennis Wichelns 4. A global survey of urban water tariffs: are they sustainable, efficient and fair? David Zetland and Christopher Gasson 5. Glas Cymru: lessons from nine years as a not-for-profit public - private partnership David Lloyd Owen 6. A critical examination of models and projections of demand in water utility resource planning in England and Wales Gareth Walker 7. The dynamics of privatization and regulation of water services: a comparative study of two Spanish regions Germà Bel, Francisco González-Gómez and Andrés J. Picazo-Tadeo 8. Public choice of urban water service management: a multi-criteria approach Alberto Ruiz-Villaverde, Francisco González-Gómez and Andrés J. Picazo-Tadeo 9. Adopting versus adapting: adoption of water-saving technology versus water conservation habits in Spain Roberto Martínez-Espiñeira and María Á. García-Valiñas 10. Assessing the impact of price and non-price policies on residential water demand: a case study in Wisconsin Arnaud Reynaud 11. Water demand management: review of literature and comparison in South-East Asia Eduardo Araral and Yahua Wang 12. Water service quality in Tanzania: access and management María Á. García-Valiñas and Josepa Miquel-Florensa 13. State-of-the-art review: designing urban water tariffs to recover costs and promote wise use Sonia Ferdous Hoque and Dennis Wichelns