Economic Impact of Water/Sewer Facilities on Rural and Urban Communities

Faqir S. Bagi

Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, 2002, vol. 17, issue 4

Abstract: Rural water/sewer facilities generate private investment and public funds, and increase the property tax base. But the average urban water/sewer facility, which costs only about one-third more than the average rural facility, creates about twice the amount of permanent jobs, induces three times more private investment, leverages twice as much in public funds, and adds three times more to the local property tax base. This difference may be due to greater aggregate infrastructure in urban than in small rural communities.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.289691

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