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Comparison of water pricing for publicly and privately owned water utilities in the United States

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  • Isaac W. Wait
  • William Adam Petrie

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The relation between water utility ownership structure and price of water is explored in this study, along with other factors such as water source, population size, population density, population growth trends, service area size, and drought condition. Pricing data were obtained from water utilities in 485 cities in the US (333 publicly owned, 152 privately owned), representing a range of city sizes and geographic distribution. The data were analyzed to explore the significance of variables for water price. On average, privately owned water utilities have higher prices for water.

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  • Isaac W. Wait & William Adam Petrie, 2017. "Comparison of water pricing for publicly and privately owned water utilities in the United States," Water International, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(8), pages 967-980, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rwinxx:v:42:y:2017:i:8:p:967-980
    DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2017.1406782
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    1. Fu, Guanlong & Liu, Pengfei & Swallow, Stephen K., 2020. "Effectiveness of Public versus Private Ownership: Violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 49(2), pages 291-320, August.
    2. Samara López-Ruiz & Nazaret Ibáñez-Rueda & Jorge Guardiola & Francisco González-Gómez, 2023. "Does the Ownership of Water Utilities Influence Water-Saving Advice Provided to Service Users? An Analysis of the Spanish Water Sector," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 37(8), pages 3299-3318, June.
    3. Onda, Kyle S. & Tewari, Meenu, 2021. "Water systems in California: Ownership, geography, and affordability," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
    4. Hanna, Thomas M. & McDonald, David A., 2021. "From pragmatic to politicized? The future of water remunicipalization in the United States," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
    5. Rivas, Marcela González & Schroering, Caitlin, 2021. "Pittsburgh's translocal social movement: A case of the new public water," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 71(C).

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