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Dr. John Boland
John Boland , Ph.D., P.E. is an
engineer and an economist, specializing in water and energy
resources, environmental economics, and public utility
management. He holds the Bachelor of Electrical
Engineering, Master of Science (governmental administration)
and Doctor of Philosophy (environmental economics)
degrees. He is a registered professional engineer. He is
currently Professor Emeritus of Geography and Environmental
Engineering and Research Professor in the Department of
Earth and Planetary Sciences, both at the Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Maryland. Prior to his academic
career, he served as Superintendent of the Bureau of Water
for Erie, Pennsylvania, and as Chief of Utility Operations
for Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
He joined the research staff of Johns Hopkins University
is 1971, and was appointed to the teaching faculty in 1975.
Dr. Boland served as visiting or adjunct faculty member at
Morgan State University, Southern Illinois University, the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the University of New
South Wales (Australia).
Dr. Boland has extensive experience in forecasting
municipal and industrial water demand and in public utility
tariff design in both industrial and developing countries.
He has published more than 150 papers and reports on
subjects including water demand forecasting, water and
wastewater tariff design, drought management, and water
conservation. He has co-authored two books on water
demand management as well as two others on environmental
management issues. He is co-editor and co-chapter
author for a forthcoming monograph on water resources
planning.
Dr. Boland has studied environmental and urban water supply
issues in more than twenty countries. He has served as
consultant to numerous utilities and government agencies in
those countries, as well as the United Nations, the World
Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, USAID, and OECD.
He has served on many committees and panels of the National
Research Council, including one term as chairman of the
NRC's Water Science and Technology Board. He also chaired a
major NRC study of US wastewater management policy and
another global study of water and sanitation problems in
megacities. He is a Life Member of the American Water Works
Association and past chairman of its Economic Research
Committee.
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