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Design of environmentally and socially conscious water metering tariffs for the UK

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  • Simon Dresner
  • Paul Ekins

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England is one of the few industrialised countries where water metering is not compulsory. Most households instead pay a fixed charge regardless of use. Yet water consumption is already at the limit of resources and beyond them in some regions. Despite the need to control demand, compulsory water metering has not been implemented largely because of concerns about the regressive impact on poorer households. This research analysed new data from Anglian Water on household water consumption and income to examine the distributional impacts of ten different hypothetical tariff designs. It was found that it was possible to design revenue-neutral metered tariffs that would cause only a small percentage of low-income households to lose and most to gain. With sensitive design, the social concerns about compulsory water metering can be dealt with.

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  • Simon Dresner & Paul Ekins, 2006. "Design of environmentally and socially conscious water metering tariffs for the UK," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(6), pages 909-928.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:49:y:2006:i:6:p:909-928
    DOI: 10.1080/09640560600947048
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    1. Simon Dresner and Paul Ekins, 2004. "Towards the Design of Environmentally and Socially Conscious Water Metering Tariff," PSI Research Discussion Series 21, Policy Studies Institute, UK.
    2. Paul Herrington, "undated". "Pricing Water Properly," Discussion Papers in Public Sector Economics 96/6, Division of Economics, School of Business, University of Leicester.
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    1. Cairns, Maryann R., 2018. "Metering water: Analyzing the concurrent pressures of conservation, sustainability, health impact, and equity in use," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 110(C), pages 411-421.
    2. Tatsuki Ueda & Peter Moffatt, 2013. "A Socially Efficient Water Tariff Under the English Optional Metering Scheme," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 54(4), pages 495-523, April.

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