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Face to Face
Author(s) -
Ken Wyman
Publication year - 1983
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.1551-8833.1983.tb05113.x
Subject(s) - restructuring , face (sociological concept) , government (linguistics) , business , foundation (evidence) , finance , sociology , political science , social science , linguistics , philosophy , law
In this month's “Face to Face” David B. Preston, executive director of AWWA, interviews Steve Hanke, an economist with the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. Hanke's experience with public water supplies includes analyzing water demand, analyzing rate structures and the effect rate structures have on water use, and investigating alternative means of financing and organizing water supply systems. Alternatives for financing and organizing water supply systems which Hanke feels are more efficient than current methods include less government aid to failing publicly owned utilities, better utilization of private water utility companies, and employment of the technique known as affermage, or farming out operations and maintenance responsibilities to private firms. Hanke believes the future will require a restructuring of the water industry, with heavy emphasis on privatization and innovation.