Topics covered include:

 Cost-benefit analysis
 Willingness-to-pay studies
 Methods of calculating marginal costs
 18 forms of subsidy in the water utility industry
 A review of microeconomics as applied in the utility industry
 The 5 components of the full cost of water, and the 5 elements of water value
 How environmental economic principles can be applied to water utilities
 Key legal decision related to ratemaking
 Steps for decisionmakers to implement water pricing and other reforms

The book contains an extensive up-to-date bibliography and references.