Mullin, Megan. <br/><br/>
Governing the Tap :  Special District Governance and the New Local Politics of Water. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (281 pages) 
 - American and Comparative Environmental Policy Series .
 - American and Comparative Environmental Policy Series .
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Conditional Theory of Specialized Governance -- 3 Private Costs and Public Benefits in Local Public Services -- 4 Distributing the Price of Growth -- 5 Boundaries and the Incentive to Act Alone -- 6 Fighting over Land and Water -- 7 Specialization and Fragmentation in American Local Governance -- Appendix 1 Explanation of Data and Model, Chapter 3 -- Appendix 2 Explanation of Data and Model, Chapter 4 -- Appendix 3 Explanation of Data and Model, Chapter 5 -- Notes -- References -- Index. 
<br/><br/> An analysis of the political consequences of special district governance in drinking water management that offers new insights into the influence of political structures on local policymaking. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780262259088 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Water utilities -- United States.<br/>Water districts -- United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD4461.M85 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.6/10973