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Labor Wage Rates, Productivity, and the Cost of Water Supply
Author(s) -
Clark Robert M.
Publication year - 1979
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.1551-8833.1979.tb04374.x
Subject(s) - productivity , water supply , water utility , business , capital expenditure , capital cost , labor cost , economics , wage , capital (architecture) , labour economics , natural resource economics , environmental science , environmental engineering , finance , engineering , history , archaeology , mechanical engineering , macroeconomics
Because of the importance of operating costs in the overall utility expenditure pattern, it is important for utility managers to minimize the overall cost of water supply and not simply the cost of capital facilities.