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EFFECT OF PRICE STRUCTURE ON RESIDENTIAL WATER DEMAND 1
Author(s) -
Stevens T H.,
Miller Jonathan,
Willis Cleve
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1992.tb01489.x
Subject(s) - block (permutation group theory) , water conservation , water utility , environmental science , business , natural resource economics , economics , water resources , water supply , environmental engineering , mathematics , ecology , geometry , biology
Little is known about how different types of municipal water rate structures influence residential water use. Conventional wisdom suggests that increasing block rate structures promote conservation, but analysis of data from 85 Massachusetts communities does not support this view.