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Conserving water through pricing
Author(s) -
Renshaw Edward F.
Publication year - 1982
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.1551-8833.1982.tb04835.x
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , revenue , business , water conservation , water pricing , economics , natural resource economics , property tax , public economics , finance , microeconomics , water resources , ecology , artificial intelligence , computer science , biology
The problem of water conservation is examined from the perspective of basic economic theory. In some cases it may be appropriate to tax water usage for purposes of conservation rather than for financing additional capacity. Excess revenues could be used as credits on business property taxes to encourage economic expansion or could be rebated to low‐income families and nonprofit institutions.