Trade-off between water loss and water infrastructure quality: A cost minimization approach

In this paper, we focus on the issue of water loss caused by leakage from obsolete water mains. We develop in this theoretical paper, a cost minimization problem of a water utility that faces leakage from water mains. Our framework enables us to determine the optimal water main quality index according to different parameters such as the cost of water production, the quantity demanded and the cost of installing good quality water mains

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Year of publication:	2015-02
Authors:	Cousin, Elissa ; Taugourdeau, Emmanuelle
Institutions:	Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)
Subject:	Water Loss \| infrastructure quality \| cost minimization

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Documents de travail du Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne. - ISSN 1955-611X.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	28 pages
Classification:	D24 - Production; Capital and Total Factor Productivity; Capacity ; Q21 - Demand and Supply ; Q25 - Water
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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