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25% Water Rate Increase for Arizona Water Company Customers (TriValleyCentral)

(June 2, 2009, TriValleyCentral)
The company, which in Pinal County serves Casa Grande, Coolidge, Arizona City, Stanfield and other areas, has asked the Arizona Corporation Commission for approval to raise its general rates for a base revenue growth of about 35 percent.
The request was filed last year and a hearing is scheduled for Aug. 31 [...]

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Consumer Substitution: Bottled Water Bans Ignore the Convenience of a Container; Could Lead to More Soft Drink Intake (Freakonomics)

(Jan. 19, 2009, Freakonomics)
A friend at another university tells me that his school is banning the sale of bottled water on campus, as the university administration is bothered by the pollution produced by plastic water bottles.
Presumably, they figure that bottled-water consumers will switch to tap water, as tap water is bottled water’s closest substitute. [...]

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