Table of Contents

• LESSON D3: ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS IN WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT
  • Overview and summary
  • Introduction
  • Economic instruments in wastewater management
    • Objectives
      • Raise revenues and recover costs
      • Set incentives for water conservation and pollution prevention
      • Awareness raising and economic efficiency
    • Mechanisms
  • Pollution charges
    • Pollution Charges in Germany
  • Pricing of wastewater services
    • Requirements for setting wastewater service fees
    • Tariff design options
      • Fixed Charge Tariff
      • Volumetric Tariffs
        • Constant Volumetric Tariff
        • Increasing linear volumetric tariff
        • Block Tariffs
        • Increasing block tariff
      • Two-part tariffs
      • Seasonal and Zonal Tariffs
    • Examples of Water Pricing in the MEDA Region
      • Water Pricing in Lebanon
      • Water pricing in Palestine
      • Water Pricing in Turkey
      • Water Pricing in Cyprus
    • Conclusion
    • Subsidies
  • Effects of water pricing policies
    • Direct effects
    • Indirect effects
      • Indirect effects on society
      • Indirect effects on the economy
      • Indirect effects on the environment
  • References