Securing a City’s Future Water Supply: Building a Reservoir in Charlottesville, Virginia Harvard Case Solution & Analysis

The case draws on the intense debate about the building of a reservoir in a college town in Virginia in the wake of a record drought and is about a city's water security.

The case illustrates the different positions of various stakeholders, emphasizes the role of public utilities in water provision, and raises the question of what the appropriate price for water is. It provides stylized facts of water use across sectors and rests on a fundamental analysis of current and future water demand as well as on an evaluation of future water supply.

This case is used in Darden's elective, "The Global Economics of Water." It would likewise work nicely in courses dealing with all the environmental impacts of urban planning."

Securing a City's Future Water Supply Building a Reservoir in Charlottesville, Virginia case study solution

PUBLICATION DATE: August 28, 2013 PRODUCT #: UV6991-PDF-ENG

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