For the next two weeks, I will be traveling around Australia with a US delegation as guests of the Government here, meeting with water managers and touring facilities related to water reuse, desalination and irrigation. Australia is actively promoting its water management experience, with a group of companies coming together to form Water Australia with [...]
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Australia Water Study Tour
Posted in Australia, Desalination, Water conservation, Water recycling/reuse on July 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Water Conservation and Rate Impacts: The Example of Penngrove Water Company
Posted in Economics of water, Public utilities regulation, Water conservation on March 17, 2010 | 6 Comments »
It has become increasingly common to note, under the general law that no good deed goes unpunished, that successful implementation of water conservation measures by utilities and their customers generally leads to higher commodity rates for water. This phenomenon occurs because water utilities have significant fixed costs, and as the amount of water decreases, those [...]
Georgia Struggles to Find Alternatives to Lake Lanier
Posted in Georgia, United States, Water conservation, Water recycling/reuse on December 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Coinciding with population growth and several years of drought in the southeastern United States, the states of Alabama, Florida and Georgia have been litigating their respective rights in the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers in U.S. District Court in the case of In re Tri-State Water Rights Litigation. On 17 July 2009, Judge Magnuson issued a [...]
