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...

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...

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)...

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)...

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...