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Trends in the real price off water
Author(s) -
Mann Patrick C.,
LeFrancois Paul R.
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.tb05191.x
Subject(s) - inflation (cosmology) , economics , monetary economics , inflation rate , water use , real interest rate , interest rate , physics , theoretical physics , ecology , biology
Increases in water rates have tended to lag behind the rate of inflation during the past two decades as evidenced by a study of 152 water utilities. The real price of water, when adjusted for the rapid rate of inflation during the past decade, is less, in many cases, than during the 1960s. The price of water for industrial use has risen at a higher rate than the price of water for commercial or residential use.