The paper investigates the relationships between costs and user charges in the sewage industry in Norwegian local governments. The purpose of the analysis is to answer the following questions: (i) To what extent is a higher unit cost passed on to consumers in terms of a higher user charge? (ii)...

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...

Transparent, rule-based decisionmaking is important to maintaining public trust in regulated infrastructure. The Buenos Aires water and sanitation concession led to remarkable improvements in delivery and coverage of services and to lower prices for consumers. But a poor information base, lack...

Neben der Lenkungsfunktion zugunsten des Gewässerschutzes kommt der Abwasserabgabe auch eine wichtige Finanzierungsfunktion zu. Die Abgabe erzielt ein Aufkommen, das gegenwärtig zweckgebunden den Länderhaushalten zufließt. Der Beitrag zeigt auf, wie sich das Aufkommen entwickelt hat und...

Seit mehr als drei Jahrzehnten trägt die bundesrechtliche Abwasserabgabe zum Schutz der Gewässer in Deutschland bei. Als ökonomisches Instrument, welches die ordnungsrechtliche Basissicherung durch Emissionsstandards unterstützt und ergänzt, hat sie entscheidend zur kosteneffizienten...

The paper investigates the relationships between costs and user charges in the sewage industry in Norwegian local governments. The purpose of the analysis is to answer the following questions: (i) To what extent is a higher unit cost passed on to consumers in terms of a higher user charge? (ii)...

The signing of a concession contract for the Buenos Aires water and sanitation system in December 1992, attracted worldwide attention, and caused considerable controversy in Argentina. It was one of the worlds largest concessions, but the case was also interesting for other reasons. The...

Reformulating tariff and subsidy policies is central to improving water and sanitation services in developing countries. The traditional model of state enterprise service provision, coupled with residential tariffs set well below the cost of service, has generally delivered unsatisfactory...

In its first part, the paper focuses on the relationships between the quality of the water resource, industrial sewage, and waste water treatment in two successive steps: intra-industrial waste abatement followed by centralized end-of-pipe purification in (public) purification plants....

The paper investigates the relationships between costs and user charges in the sewage industry in Norwegian local governments. The purpose of the analysis is to answer the following questions: (i) To what extent is a higher unit cost passed on to consumers in terms of a higher user charge? (ii)...

April 2000 - Transparent, rule-based decisionmaking is important to maintaining public trust in regulated infrastructure. The Buenos Aires water and sanitation concession led to remarkable improvements in delivery and coverage of services and to lower prices for consumers. But a poor information...

The price of water is a key determinant of both the economic efficiency and the environmental effectiveness of water services. This book reviews current practices and recent trends in water pricing practices for the household, agriculture, and industrial sectors in OECD countries. It addresses...

Vom 18. bis 20. November 1996 fand in Nischny Novgorod ein Workshop zur Finanzierung von Umweltprojekten statt. Im Vordergrund stand dabei die Entwicklung von staatlichen Umweltprojekten sowie die Zusammenarbeit mit Unternehmen. Die Industrie soll dazu angehalten werden, auf umweltfreundliche...