ISSN:0003-150X    

DOI:10.1002/j.1551-8833.1987.tb02832.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

This article provides some cautionary advice about entering into a sharing agreement among water utilities. The following considerations are addressed: selecting the negotiating team, determining what the contributions of each party will be, and setting charges for services provided.

ISSN:0003-150X    

DOI:10.1002/j.1551-8833.1987.tb02833.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

In a dispute over a rate increase, a water company objected to the method used by the public utilities commission (PUC) to determine the company's cost of equity. The PUC used the company's parent organization as a proxy to determine the company's cost of capital. The PUC's method was upheld.

ISSN:0003-150X    

DOI:10.1002/j.1551-8833.1987.tb02835.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The American Water Works Association's President, John. H. Robinson, discusses activities of the association and programs he plans to emphasize in his tenure as president. Special emphasis is given to small water systems, international programs, cooperation with other associations, research and government affairs.

ISSN:0003-150X    

DOI:10.1002/j.1551-8833.1987.tb02837.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0003-150X    

DOI:10.1002/j.1551-8833.1987.tb02838.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

State policy initiatives for assisting communities in managing, financing, and regulating water supplies are discussed. States can provide either direct assistance through grants or loans, or act as intermediaries to lend their stronger credit support to communities that otherwise would not have access to the national credit markets. The choice of the specific aid mechanism depends on the state's financial position and on its program objectives. Financial assistance alone, however, may be insufficient to resolve the more fundamental institutional problems that hamper provision of drinking water. Several states have tied financial aid programs to incentives for reforming local management practices. Others have initiated programs with the sole purpose of encouraging improved water resource management. Finally, if water supply problems are criticial, states may regulate management practices and use of local water supplies.

ISSN:0003-150X    

DOI:10.1002/j.1551-8833.1987.tb02839.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The hundreds of small privately owned water companies in Arizona that have been spawned by development of rural subdivisions are faced with conflicting state conservation requirements and health regulations in addition to the state's public utility regulatory agency, which rules on rate cases. In many instances, developers are unwilling to subsidize the cost of maintaining and operating the water systems necessary for the sale of lots in the subdivision once all the lots are sold. Homeowners are faced with inadequate or unsafe water supplies and depreciated or unsalable properties. The size of the rate increases that would be necessary to rectify the inadequacies of these small systems is politically unpalatable, and noncompliance with health regulations caused by inadequate revenues incurs penalties. Reforms seem to be mandatory, and in the fall of 1986, a sweeping set of proposals worked out by an appointed committee was submitted to the state legislature.

ISSN:0003-150X    

DOI:10.1002/j.1551-8833.1987.tb02840.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Small and intermediate‐sized municipalities frequently lack the resources to carry out effective water management programs. A detailed, “do‐it‐yourself’ audit is now available to such communities to help them identify available water resources, isolate problem areas, set goals, and develop management strategies. Stressing water conservation and reuse, the audit has five goals: to identify the potential for conservation, to reduce volumetric demand, to reduce peak demand in order to postpone the need for water system expansion, to identify potential uses for wastewater and stormwater, and to promote responsible management of water resources. The guide's self‐help format, complete with questions and instructions, enables municipalities to perform an audit without outside assistance and to repeat the procedure when necessary.

ISSN:0003-150X    

DOI:10.1002/j.1551-8833.1987.tb02841.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Under current federal law, public water supplies that serve fewer than 10 000 people are not required to monitor or control trihalomethanes (THMs). Small water utilities in Iowa were surveyed to determine whether THM contamination is a problem and to identify measures for THM control appropriate for small utilities. Grab samples were collected in July and August 1983 and September 1984 from treatment facilities and from distribution systems in communities with fewer than 10 000 residents. More than 75 percent of the communities had THM levels in excess of the maximum contaminant level. Treatment modifications that influence the formation of THMs are reviewed and control measures appropriate for small utilities are recommended.

ISSN:0003-150X    

DOI:10.1002/j.1551-8833.1987.tb02842.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

As a discipline, economics is often misunderstood in the water supply field. Economies‐of‐scale, i.e., increasing unit costs with decreasing capacity, is a prevailing characteristic of water supply technology, and small utilities that serve fewer than 10 000 persons account for more than 80 percent of community water suppliers in the United States. In addition, many small utilities are privately owned and must request rate increases from public utility commissions. Price inelasticity of demand also has a special relevance for water users. An understanding of economic principles and concepts is necessary for the proper management of small water systems as well as large ones.

ISSN:0003-150X    

DOI:10.1002/j.1551-8833.1987.tb02843.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY