Illinois Water Supply Planning

Economics

Water Rates

Water Rates and Ratemaking Practices in Illinois (pdf ~5.0mb)

Lake Michigan Water Allocation Permittees (pdf ~2.7mb)

Explanation of Cost/Benefit Analysis

Publications/Information

Valuing Ground Water: Economic Concepts and Approaches.

Integrates the latest economic, legal, and physical knowledge about methods for valuing groundwater. Using the concept of total economic value, it a framework for calculating the economic value of ground water and evaluating tradeoffs between competing uses of it.