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Pricing Water

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Does water have value? If so, how do we set a price for it? And, if we agree that individual access to fresh water is a basic human right or expectation globally (is this generally agreed?), how do we treat water as a commodity? Do we really pay what water is worth?

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  • Lessons
    • Unit 1: Fresh Water: Scarcity or Surfeit?
      • Module 1: Freshwater Resources - A Global Perspective
        • Goals and Objectives
        • The Value of Water
        • Global Freshwater Resources
        • Water and Population Centers
        • Water Quality and Human Health
        • Water Usage: What and Where?
        • Water Use
        • Supply and Use on Multiple Scales: Units of Water
        • The Geographic Distribution of Water Uses
        • Demand for Water
        • Future Demand for Water
        • Population Growth vs. Water Needs
        • Increased Impacts of Climate Change on Demand
        • Possible Solutions for Meeting Water Demand in Stressed Regions
        • Pricing Water
        • Pricing Varies
        • The Water and Energy Nexus
        • Privatization
      • Module 2: Climatology of Water
    • Unit 2: Physical Hydrology
    • Unit 3: Social Science of Water

Course materials prepared by Michael Arthur and Demian Saffer, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, and Demian Saffer, University Park, Patrick Belmont, Utah State University.

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