Trade-off between water loss and water infrastructure quality: A cost minimization approach

Elissa Cousin () and Emmanuelle Taugourdeau
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Elissa Cousin: Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne, https://centredeconomiesorbonne.univ-paris1.fr

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Abstract: In this paper, we focus on the issue of water loss caused by leakage from obsolete water mains. We develop in this theoretical paper, a cost minimization problem of a water utility that faces leakage from water mains. Our framework enables us to determine the optimal water main quality index according to different parameters such as the cost of water production, the quantity demanded and the cost of installing good quality water mains

Keywords: Water Loss; infrastructure quality; cost minimization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D24 Q21 Q25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2015-02
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Working Paper: Trade-off between water loss and water infrastructure quality: A cost minimization approach (2015)
Working Paper: Trade-off between water loss and water infrastructure quality: A cost minimization approach (2015)
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