The Economics of Safe Drinking Water

Robert Innes () and Dennis Cory

Land Economics, 2001, vol. 77, issue 1, 94-117

Abstract: This paper studies a drinking water market in which a water company, faced with random contamination, chooses a treatment system, treatment levels, and whether to notify consumers that they should drink bottled water rather than risk exposure to contaminants in the tap water. The paper describes efi cient practices including protocols which prescribe when a company should notify customers to drink bottled water, and regulatory standards on post-treatment water quality that depend upon system size, the extent of contamination, and the customer noti ® cation decision. Implications for contemporary safe drinking water law are discussed.

JEL-codes: L51 Q25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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