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dc.contributor.authorHaley, Sharman
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-22T17:47:43Z
dc.date.available2021-07-22T17:47:43Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11122/12069
dc.description.abstractAre existing sanitation systems simply too expensive for many Alaska villages? Or could small utilities operate in the black if they increased their charges and toughened collection policies? How much difference do village leadership and commitment to good sanitation make? Could alternative technologies provide adequate sanitation for less? To help shed some light on these questions, the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Alaska Anchorage prepared this volume. It presents seven recent analyses, by various authors, of some aspects of financing water and sewer operations and maintenance in rural Alaska. We added an introductory chapter, a final chapter drawing some conclusions from the various analyses and discussing policy issues, and an executive summary. The analyses look at methods villages use to pay for O&M; the share of small sanitation systems operating in the red; the costs of selected closed-haul systems (one alternative to piped systems); the fiscal capacity of small rural communities; and steps that might help small sanitation systems meet their costs. These studies are not comprehensive, and in some cases they raise as many questions as they answer. But they provide valuable information on a public policy issue Alaska will continue to grapple with for the foreseeable future.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAlaska Department of Environmental Conservation; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Alaska Office)en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherInstitute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska.en_US
dc.subjectwateren_US
dc.subjectsanitationen_US
dc.subjectutilitiesen_US
dc.subjectnatural resourcesen_US
dc.subjectrural communitiesen_US
dc.subjectleadershipen_US
dc.titleFinancing Water and Sewer Operation and Maintenance in Rural Alaskaen_US
dc.typeReporten_US
refterms.dateFOA2021-07-22T17:47:43Z


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