Water supply and environmental management : developing world applications

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Water supply and environmental management : developing world applications

Mohan Munasinghe ; foreword by Donald Lauria

(Studies in water policy and management)

Westview Press, 1992

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Description

Examines how to balance environmental and social welfare considerations and financial viability. Using an integrated approach to water resource planning, the author offers a framework for formulating strategies to ensure an adequate and healthy water supply in developing countries.

Table of Contents

  • A national perspective on water supply
  • economic evaluation of water supply projects
  • water supply system optimization
  • management of water losses
  • pricing policy
  • demand analysis and forecasting
  • rural and low-cost water supply
  • Africa - economic analysis of a typical water supply policy and evaluation of the Sao Paolo water utility
  • Brazil - national water pricing policy and marginal costs
  • Philippines - management of ground water depletion and saline intrusion.

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