Synthesis of Water Rates in Delaware and Contiguous States

Abstract

The University of Delaware, Institute for Public Administration, Water Resources Agency (UDWRA) conducted an inventory of water rates for public- and investor-owned water utilities within Delaware and the surrounding states of Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The purpose of this inventory is to summarize and compare residential water rates for Delaware and surrounding states. The authors intend this report to be useful to water providers, Federal, State, and local water agencies and the public. This report is an update of the original water rate inventory prepared in September 1996 and a later report: Economic Synthesis of Water Rates in Delaware and Surrounding River Basins, August 21, 2000.