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An Analysis of Delinquent Residential Water Account Shutoffs
Author(s) -
Clark C. Scott,
Judson Harry R.
Publication year - 1975
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.1551-8833.1975.tb02212.x
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , sample (material) , period (music) , geography , psychology , criminology , demographic economics , environmental science , demography , economics , sociology , archaeology , chemistry , physics , chromatography , acoustics
Although there is an increased consumer interest in water utility practices, there is little information available concerning the effects of the widely practiced policy of water shutoff caused by a delinquent account. To remedy this deficiency partially a 10 per cent sample of shutoffs during a recent twelve‐month period in a large midwestern metropolitan area (Cincinnati, Ohio) was analyzed.