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An Analysis of Municipal Water Supply Costs
Author(s) -
Clark Robert M.,
Stevie Richard G.,
Trygg Gregory D.
Publication year - 1978
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.1551-8833.1978.tb04241.x
Subject(s) - water supply , cost analysis , service (business) , water resource management , environmental economics , operations management , business , risk analysis (engineering) , environmental science , operations research , environmental engineering , economics , engineering , marketing
Data from an EPA case study of the Cincinnati Water Works are used to develop cost functions that reflect actual variations in the cost of supplying water across a service area. The analysis suggests that there may be definite limitations on the cost‐effective size of a utility service area.