Economies of Scale in Wastewater Treatment and Planning for Urban Growth
| dc.contributor.author | Hopkins, Lewis | |
| dc.contributor.author | Knaap, Gerrit | |
| dc.contributor.author | Xiaohuan, Xu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-14T19:06:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-12-14T19:06:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Can urban growth patterns take advantage of economies of scale in infrastructure by relying on fewer and larger treatment plants? Estimates of potential cost savings from alternative wastewater treatment consolidation strategies for the metropolitan Chicago region suggest that the timing of consolidation is important. Carefully timed consolidation, even consolidation that occurs after development has occurred, might yield present value savings on the order of $170 million in capital costs. These potential savings are large enough that such strategies should be considered when planning for metropolitan growth. | en_US |
| dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.13016/M2CJ87Q4V | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/21543 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | Digital Repository at the University of Maryland | |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | University of Maryland (College Park, Md) | |
| dc.rights.license | Hopkins, Lewis D, Xiaohuan Xu, and Gerrit J Knaap. “Economies of Scale in Wastewater Treatment and Planning for Urban Growth.” Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 31, no. 6 (December 2004): 879–93. https://doi.org/10.1068/b3123 | |
| dc.subject | Infrastructure | en_US |
| dc.subject | wastewater treatment | en_US |
| dc.subject | economies of scale | en_US |
| dc.subject | infrastructure provision | en_US |
| dc.subject | alternative wastewater treatment strategies | en_US |
| dc.title | Economies of Scale in Wastewater Treatment and Planning for Urban Growth | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |