Grigg, Neil S.

Water finance public responsibilities and private opportunities / [electronic resource] : Neil S. Grigg. - Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2011. - xviii, 366 p. : ill. - Wiley finance series . - Wiley finance series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Water for people and the environment -- A model of the water business -- Dams and reservoirs for multiple purposes -- The water-supply utility business -- Stormwater and flood control -- Industrial water and the water-energy nexus -- Water for food production -- Instrcam flows : competing for water in the cammons -- 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 -- Constructing water-industry infrastructures -- 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 opportunities.


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


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