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Water supply for New York City in the 1980s
Author(s) -
McArdle Francis X.
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.tb04872.x
Subject(s) - capital city , reliability (semiconductor) , water supply , capital (architecture) , business , quality (philosophy) , capital cost , environmental planning , environmental economics , water resource management , natural resource economics , economics , environmental science , geography , environmental engineering , economic geography , power (physics) , philosophy , physics , archaeology , epistemology , quantum mechanics , macroeconomics
New York City, perceived as a prototype of aging water systems, faces the four fundamentals of urban water utilities: providing sufficient quantities, maintaining high quality, ensuring reliability of supply, and financing capital needs. The economic viability of New York City—and all older urban areas—depends on meeting these criteria successfully.