The Price of Water for Cities: Thoughts and Recommendations Upon the EU Directive 2000/60

Authors

  • Francisco González Gómez

Keywords:

Abastecimiento de agua, gestión del agua, economía urbana, economía del agua

Abstract

The paper is based upon those concepts of service cost recovery, economic rationalization and environmental
preservation set out in EU Directive 2000/60. Certain considerations as to the price to pay for the supplying
of water as within city nuculae are made upon these. The lack of any clear information in the sector along
with the fact that the low price for supplying water in Spain works against any recovery of the cost of doing
so, against any greater efficiency targets or even hopes for any conserving of the element are then lamented.
In the light of the fore-going, the author then makes a series of recommendations as to price changes that
would lead to a meeting of EU requirements as in Spanish cities there is margin and more for raising the
price of water, doing so speedily and thoroughly depending on little more than there being the political will
to do so.

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Published

2005-06-22

How to Cite

González Gómez, F. (2005). The Price of Water for Cities: Thoughts and Recommendations Upon the EU Directive 2000/60. Ciudad Y Territorio Estudios Territoriales, 37(144), 305–320. Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/CyTET/article/view/75549

Issue

Vol. XXXVII, núm. 144 (2005)

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Articles

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Copyright (c) 2005 Francisco González Gómez

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