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Institutional Alternatives for Small Systems in the 21st Century
Author(s) -
Shanaghan Peter E.,
Beecher Janice A.
Publication year - 2002
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.1551-8833.2002.tb09449.x
Subject(s) - risk analysis (engineering) , business , environmental planning , computer science , environmental economics , political science , environmental science , economics
The increasing number of challenges facing small water systems (e.g., regulatory standards, aging infrastructure, and issues of source water quantity and protection) are bringing about new institutional models to meet these challenges. This paper suggests six criteria for assessing existing or proposed alternative institutional structures.