What economic model for drinking water?

Article “Et si l’eau potable ne coulait plus de source… quel modèle économique mettre en place ?”, written by Mehdi Guelmamen (PhD student in economics, BETA, University of Lorraine), Alexandre Mayol (HDR lecturer, BETA, University of Lorraine), Justine Le Floch (PhD student in management science, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) and Stéphane Saussier (Professor IAE Paris – Sorbonne Business School), published on 1 June 2025 on The Conversation website.

“After the droughts of 2022 and 2023, the availability of drinking water in France is no longer a foregone conclusion. The economic model for water distribution, devised at a time when the resource seemed infinite, needs to be rethought.”