This article discusses how the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) provides a potentially important means of mitigating the multidimensional water affordability problem. Topics discussed are: how the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) provides small water systems with alternative paths to compliance; rising water prices; willingness-to-pay and ability-to-pay; affordability assessment methods; affordability as a means of determining best available technology; states using affordability criteria (New York, Pennsylvania, Idaho, and Washington); sources of water system revenue; and, household affordability. Includes 3 references, tables, figures.
| Edition : | Vol. 90 - No. 5 |
| File Size : | 1
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| Note : | This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 8 |
| Published : | 05/01/1998 |
