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DEMAND MANAGEMENT THROUGH RESPONSIVE PRICING
Author(s) -
Hanke Steve H.,
Davis Robert K.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1971.tb02567.x
Subject(s) - water utility , business , demand management , environmental economics , water pricing , water industry , water resources , water supply , risk analysis (engineering) , operations management , water conservation , economics , environmental science , environmental engineering , macroeconomics , ecology , biology
Although a rather radical departure from conventional practice, a policy of responsive pricing plus effective management of supply will provide the utility manager with the means to assure both a more efficient utilization of the resources employed to produce and distribute water, and a more equitable distribution of the costs incurred in providing water services.