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Put Your Money Where Your Water Is: Building Resilience Through Rates, Amy Hardberger
Put Your Money Where Your Water Is: Building Resilience Through Rates, Amy Hardberger
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Utilities are challenged with the task of meeting future water demands while generating revenue through the use of the resource. Customarily, utilities base demand projections on subsequent use and calculate price on past consumption. The traditional model of extrapolating cost, based on past consumption, does not allow the utility flexibility to protect the resource in times of crisis. In recent years, water resources have been taxed by population increases and changes in weather patterns. Utilities encourage the use of water at low fees and are unable to conserve during times when the resource is available and cheap. This ineffective rate …
Forgetting Nature: The Importance Of Including Environmental Flows In International Water Agreements, Amy Hardberger
Forgetting Nature: The Importance Of Including Environmental Flows In International Water Agreements, Amy Hardberger
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From the moment States created political boundaries to define their territory, they have shared water. There are 263 transboundary lake and river basins worldwide and 300 known transboundary aquifer systems. Whenever sharing is present, the opportunity for conflict is too. Climate change and increasing population are only two factors that may lead to increasing conflict if attention is not given to these situations. Thankfully, sharing water also creates an opportunity for cooperation. Throughout the world, there are increasing examples of conflict and cooperation regarding shared water resources. International water agreements can promote regional peace and security and encourage economic growth. …