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WATER PRICES RISING WORLDWIDE

Author: Edwin H. Clark, II 
InfoShare Partner: Earth Policy Institute
Publication Date: March 2007
Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper
Topics: Environment and health/population
Region: Global
Language: English
Number of Pages: 4
File Size: 55 KB
File Format: MS Word

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The price of water is increasing—sometimes dramatically—throughout the world. Over the past five years, municipal water rates have increased by an average of 27 percent in the United States, 32 percent in the United Kingdom, 45 percent in Australia, 50 percent in South Africa, and 58 percent in Canada. In Tunisia, the price of irrigation water increased fourfold over a decade.