Economics of Industrial Water Use

Edited by the late Steven Renzetti, formerly Associate Professor of Economics, Brock University, Canada

'As water becomes scarcer and as the industrial sector expands in many countries, the competition over the resource among sectors is more difficult. Industrial water consumption has doubled over the past decade in several countries, and is expected to rise more as industry expands. Economic instruments play an important role in efficient allocation of scarce water resources. This book demonstrates how knowledge of features of industrial water use coupled with economic instruments may enhance efficient water management. Reading this book is a fascinating voyage through the existing economic literature that was published in the last 30 years. The book combines the work of the most authoritative scholars in this field. All together it provides the reader with the necessary technical and economic background that can be used to address various industrial water use issues.'

• Contents:AcknowledgementsIntroduction Steven RenzettiPART IEARLY PAPERS 1. Blair T. Bower (1966), ‘The Economics of Industrial Water Utilization’2. George O.G. Löf and Allen V. Kneese (1968), ‘The Water Technology of the Industry’3. Judith Anne Rees (1969), ‘Inter-industry Variations in the Demand for Water’4. Stephen J. Turnovsky (1969), ‘The Demand for Water: Some Empirical Evidence on Consumers’ Response to a Commodity Uncertain in Supply’PART IIWATER DEMAND IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR: ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF SELF-SUPPLY 5. Jacob De Rooy (1974), ‘Price Responsiveness of the Industrial Demand for Water’6. Joseph A. Ziegler and Stephen E. Bell (1984), ‘Estimating Demand for Water Intake by Self-Supplied Firms’7. Ronald Teeples and David Glyer (1987), ‘Comments on "Estimating Demand by Self-Supplying Firms" by Joseph A. Ziegler and Stephen E. Bell’8. Steven Renzetti (1992), ‘Estimating the Structure of Industrial Water Demands: The Case of Canadian Manufacturing’9. Steven Renzetti (1993), ‘Examining the Differences in Self- and Publicly Supplied Firms’ Water Demands’PART IIICOST FUNCTION MODELS OF MANUFACTURING WATER DEMANDS10. Frederick G. Babin, Cleve E. Willis and P. Geoffrey Allen (1982), ‘Estimation of Substitution Possibilities between Water and Other Production Inputs’11. Charles R. Grebenstein and Barry C. Field (1979), ‘Substituting for Water Inputs in U.S. Manufacturing’PART IVPROGRAMMING MODELS OF INDUSTRIAL WATER USE 12. J.C. Stone and D. Whittington (1984), ‘Industrial Water Demands’13. F.D. Singleton, Jr., James A. Calloway and Russell G. Thompson (1975), ‘An Integrated Power Process Model of Water Use and Waste Water Treatment in Chlor-Alkali Production’PART VNON-EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIAL WATER USE 14. Richard C. Zuker and Glenn P. Jenkins (1984), Blue Gold: Hydro-Electric Rent in Canada15. Thomas C. Brown, Benjamin L. Harding and Elizabeth A. Payton (1990), ‘Marginal Economic Value of Streamflow: A Case Study for the Colorado River Basin’PART VIECONOMIC ANALYSES OF INDUSTRIAL WATER POLLUTION 16. Clifford S. Russell (1973), Residuals Management in Industry: A Case Study of Petroleum Refining17. William A. Sims (1979), ‘The Response of Firms to Pollution Charges’18. Ajit K. Dasgupta and M.N. Murty (1985), ‘Economic Evaluation of Water Pollution Abatement: A Case Study of Paper and Pulp Industry in India’PART VIITHE VALUE OF INDUSTRIAL WATER USE 19. Robert A. Young (1996), ‘Applications 1: The Case of Water Used in Intermediate Goods’20. Diana C. Gibbons (1986), ‘Industry’PART VIIIREGULATING AND FORECASTING INDUSTRIAL WATER USE 21. Jack B. Carmichael and Kenneth M. Strzepek (1984), ‘Modelling and Forecasting Industrial Water Use Treatment Practices’22. Gardner M. Brown and Ralph W. Johnson (1984), ‘Pollution Control by Effluent Charges: It Works in the Federal Republic of Germany, Why Not in the U.S.’23. D.M. Tate (1986), ‘Structural Change Implications for Industrial Water Use’24. Steven Renzetti and Diane Dupont (1999), ‘An Assessment of the Impact of Charging for Provincial Water Use Permits’Name Index