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Should Industry Purchase or Seek Its Own Supply of Water?
Author(s) -
Hardman Robert L.
Publication year - 1973
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.1551-8833.1973.tb01838.x
Subject(s) - water supply , purchasing , legislature , water industry , business , industrial water , joint (building) , marketing , industrial organization , environmental science , engineering , environmental engineering , political science , law , civil engineering , waste management
There is an increasing trend by industrial plants to supply their own water rather than purchase from municipal water systems. This joint discussion, originally presented at the Annual Conference on Jun. 7, 1972, examines existing conditions and gives insight into future expectations. The first article discusses the legislative controls exerted over water supplies in New Jersey. The second article explains how the Chester Water Authority, Pa., attracts industrial water use. The third article argues that industry is not interested in supplying its own water. The fourth article reveals how a large industry treats its own water supply at a substantial savings over purchasing its supply. In the fifth article, the purchase of water by industry is compared with the method of self‐supply.