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Who Pays for Growth of the System and How?
Author(s) -
McDonald Joe
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.1997.tb02069.x
Subject(s) - offset (computer science) , investment (military) , natural resource economics , business , economics , industrial organization , environmental economics , computer science , political science , law , politics , programming language
This question asks about cities using plant investment fees to offset the cost of water system expansion. These fees are also known as system development costs (SDCs) and place a portion of the cost of growth directly on those causing the growth, rather than the existing customers. The article discusses various aspects of SDCs.