Financing and charges wastewater systems

Water Environment Federation (WEF)

280 pages, parution le 28/02/2005

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Detailed, up-to-date guidance on financial practices and procedures for wastewater systems

Focusing on issues of increasing urgency, this comprehensive manual of practice teaches expert methods for handling all financial aspects of wastewater collection and treatment. Created and peer-reviewed by international authorities at the Water Environment Federation, Financing and Charges for Wastewater Systems delivers up-to-date options, tools, and techniques for managing assets, financing capital improvements, and developing rates and charges that accurately and fairly reflect costs of service.

Featuring numerous case studies of real-world applications, the guidebook explains and illustrates choices in methods of analysis, structuring, and equitable allocation of the costs of wastewater collection and treatment. Financing and Charges for Wastewater Systems untangles the complexities involved in integrating the multiple considerations entailed in developing fair cost allocations and rates for service, and provides tested methods for confronting complicated decisions.

Of interest to utility managers, municipal officials, engineers, accountants, rate analysts, attorneys, and all others involved in this arena, this authoritative professional resource conveys sound financial strategies for managing functions of increasing consequence and cost. There is no better guide to the financial side of wastewater management.

Today's Best Practices

Asset management
Operating and capital costs analysis and allocation
Integrating cost allocation and rate-making
Financing capital improvements
Predicting revenue needs
Accounting methods
Pricing reused water
Allocation of system development costs
Implementing rate schedules
The affordability factor
SI and U.S. customary units

L'auteur - Water Environment Federation (WEF)

The Water Environment Federation is a technical and educational organization with members from varied disciplines who work toward the WEF's vision of preservation and enhancement of the global water environment. The WEF network includes water quality professionals from 79 member associations in 30 countries. Its headquarters is in Alexandria, Virginia.

Sommaire

Preface
Introduction
Institutional Issues
Financial Management and Accounting for Wastewater Systems
Financing Capital Improvements
Determination of Revenue Requirements
Allocating Costs-of-Services to Cost-Causative Components
Distribution of Costs-of-Service to Customer Classes
Development and Design of a Schedule of Rates and Charges
Rates for Reuse or Reclaimed Water
System Development Charges
Implementation Rate Studies
Affordability
Appendix A: Utility Approach To Cost Allocation
Appendix B: Municipal Utility Case Law
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Mc Graw Hill
Auteur(s)	Water Environment Federation (WEF)
Parution	28/02/2005
Nb. de pages	280
Format	19 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	702g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780071453042