Water is a critical resource for cities and a core focus of Prof. Warner’s Local Government Restructuring Lab. This research looks at questions of public versus private ownership, protection of local income customers from water shut-off, and community-based models for water delivery in Latin America.
Zhang, X., Rivas, M. G., Grant, M., & Warner, M. E. (2022). Water pricing and affordability in the US: public vs. private ownership. WATER POLICY. https://doi-org.proxy.library.cornell.edu/10.2166/wp.2022.283
Homsy, George C. and Mildred E. Warner 2020. “Does public ownership of utilities matter for local government water policies?” Utilities Policy, 64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2020.101057
Mann, Cory L. and Mildred E. Warner. 2019. “Power Asymmetries and Limits to Eminent Domain: The Case of Missoula Water’s Municipalization,” Water Alternatives, 12(2): 725-737. http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol12/v12issue3/533-a12-2-16/file
Gonzalez, M. Beers, K., Weber-Shirk, M., and Warner, M. (2014). “Analyzing the Potential of Community Water Systems: The Case of AguaClara" Water Policy, 16 (2014) 557–577. DOI: 10.2166/wp.2014.127
