The Changing Water Utility: Creative Approaches to Effectiveness and Efficiency

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. xviii, 526, [4] p. Marginal notes. Footnotes. Illustrations. Additional Reading. Index. Designed for water and wastewater utility managers, this book also provides critical information for public administrators, consultants, engineers, and economists investigating the privatization of water utilities. This book provides a comprehensive understanding of public and private approaches to creating more efficient public water utilities. The term 'water utilities' is intended to mean drinking water systems, although nearly all of the techniques and approaches discussed apply equally to wastewaters and to combined water and wastewater systems. Very good. No dust jacket. Inscription signed by Mannion, who was the editor and not one of the five authors. Cover has slight wear and soiling.