Eine Bewertung der Abwasserabgabe in Deutschland

1. Introduction
1.1 Purpose of this Evaluation of Effluent Charges in Germany
1.2 The Instrument and its Policy Context
1.3 Implementing Mechanisms and Institutions
1.3.1 Water Management Administration in the Länder
1.3.2 Implementation Procedures
1.4 Structure of this Case Study Report
2. The Evaluation Framework
2.1 The Evaluation Procedure
2.2 Original Design and Subsequent Adaptation
2.2.1 Original Design as Proposed by the Federal Government in 1974
2.2.2 Original Design as Adopted in 1976
2.2.3 Evaluation of the Original Design (1983)
22.4 First Amendment of 1984
2.2.5 Second Amendment of 1986
2.2.6 Third Amendment of 1990
2.2.7 Fourth Amendment of 1994
2.2.8 Belated Evaluation of the Second anl Third Amendments (1994)
2.2.9 Policy Rhythm ad Trends
2.3 Evaluation Criteria
2.4 Factors Influencing the Instrument’s Performance
3. The Evaluation
3.1 Data Availability
3.2 Effectiveness of the Instrument
3.3 Efficiency of the Instrument
3.4 Capacity Building
3.4.1 Capacity Building in Water Management Authorities
3.4.2 Capacity Building in Municipalities
3.5 Other Criteria
4 Conclusions
4.1 Conclusions of the Evaluation
4.2 Recommendations for Adjustments
5 Acknowledgements
Bibliography