Towards the Design of Environmentally and Socially Conscious Water Metering Tariff

The research reported in this paper was conducted under the project 'The Social Impacts of Environmental Taxes: Removing Regressivity', funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation under its Prograamme on Environment and Social Concerns. The project is investigating the socil implications of environmental txtes and charges in realtion to four environment issues - the household use of energy, water and transport, and the generation of waste. The is a report of the component on the household use of water.