Another city and maybe the country having issues securing safe drinkables water for its citizens. Here in the southwest, I do not believe we will be too far behind Uruguay. Still planning to build and building before the Federal governments says no. Cities need to secure their drinking water, The one-handed economist, David Zetland DL […]
David Zetland just published Living with Water Scarcity. Ed Dolan at Economonitors reviews the book…(the review is re-posted with permission of the author). Living with Water Scarcity: A Refreshing Take on a Hot-Button Issue by Ed Dolan (is an economist and educator with a Ph.D. from Yale University. Since 2001, he has taught at several universities […]
by David Zetland Local versus regional control In response to this: “The public sector is often better at handling inter-agency cooperation and the private sector is often better at delivering cost-effective, measured results. In either case, the local government plays the most important role as it needs to oversee and regulate all players. Poor regulation […]
Delivering water quality to the tap I’m now in Kiev (looking into their water utility regulation), and a typical problem has popped up, i.e., the difficulty in delivering water quality to the tap. The physical layout of water systems — taking raw water from ground or surface sources, treating it, pumping it through large pipes […]
by David Zetland, a series of posts highlighting major points over time. The paper must be downloaded to read. Wageningen UR – Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Group; PERC – Property and Environment Research CenterEconomists Owe Ecology an ApologyMarch 9, 2013 Part 2 Nature Bats Last Pare 3 These numbers don’t add up These numbers […]
David Zetland at Aguanomics asks a very basic question about our perceptions of what constitutes management: Question of the week I’m thinking that “water manager” is not the right title for people who work at drinking water utilities, irrigation districts, and other water organizations. That’s because they are not really supposed to manage water supply […]
This is the third post of a series of posts highlighting parts of the paper by David Zetland Wageningen UR – Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Group; PERC – Property and Environment Research Center Economists Owe Ecology an Apology March 9, 2013 Part 2 from the series Economists owe ecology an apology Part 3 below: […]
David Zetland writes a well written nine page look at the limits of economics in at least the media and political level, and a look at the limits of what economic models have to offer most people. This will be a series of posts highlighting major points over time. The paper must be downloaded to […]
David Zetland writes a well written nine page look at the limits of economics in at least the media and political level, and a look at the limits of what economic models have to offer most people. This will be a series of posts highlighting major points over time. The paper must be downloaded to […]
David Zetland comments on future funding of ‘water’ risk management. There are plenty of examples of misguided government interventions, as well as examples of private enterprise run amok. Now a derivatives market? : The danger of flashing wrong signals Have you heard the stories of people who have driven through fields, into lakes or off […]