Impacts of Demand Reduction on Water Utilities

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Provides utility managers with data to accurately quantify the impacts of reduced flows resulting from conservation measures and to evaluate the impacts on operating costs. Also assists water planners in implementing a least-cost-facility expansion or upgrade policy and in integrating conservation measures during the master planning process. Research partner: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Published in 1996.

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Impacts of Demand Reduction on Water Utilities

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03/01/1996

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Impacts of Demand Reduction on Water Utilities

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Impacts of Demand Reduction on Water Utilities

Water Conservation: Customer Behavior and Effective Communication

Managing the Revenue and Cash Flow Effects of Conservation

Modeling Water Conservation

Residential End Uses of Water, Version 3: A Single-Family and Multi-Family Study

Evaluating Changes in Peak Water Demand and How That May Affect the Choice, Design, Management, and Evaluation of Demand Management Strategies

Water Utility Resilience: A Case Study of the 2021 Marshall Fire

Leading Water Utility Innovation