AuthorGrigg, Neil S
TitleWater finance : public responsibilities and private opportunities / Neil S. Grigg
Imprint Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2011
Descript xviii, 366 p. : ill. ; 24cm

CONTENT

Water for people and the environment -- A model of the water business -- Dams and reservoirs for multiple purposes -- The water supply utility business -- The wastewater and water-quality business -- Stormwater and flood control -- Industrial water and the water-energy nexus -- Water for food production -- Instream flows: competing for water in the commons -- Driving forces and issues in the water industry -- Drivers of change in the water industry -- Government and politics in the water business -- Financing the water industry -- Public health as a water-industry driver -- Law and regulation in the water industry -- Water-industry workforce: crisis and opportunity -- Private-sector operations in the water industry -- water-industry businesses, careers, and investments -- Constructing water-industry infrastructure -- Services to support the water industry -- Equipment for the water industry -- Commodity water: transfers, exchanges, and water banks -- Bottled water and point-of-use treatment -- Safe water for all: the ultimate water business -- Water investments, careers, and business opportunitites


SUBJECT

  1. Water utilities -- United States -- Finance
  2. Water-supply -- United States -- Finance

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