Water conservation programs : a planning manual

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910966376903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Denver, CO, : American Water Works Association, c2006
• ISBN: 1-61300-024-3; 1-61583-827-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (161 p.)
• Collana: AWWA manual ; ; M52
• Disciplina: 628.1 s; 333.91/16
• Soggetti: Water conservation; Water-supply - Management
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Manual of water supply practices".
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Figures""; ""Tables""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Need for Efficiency and Setting Goals""; ""3 Analysis of Water Use and Water Savings""; ""4 Evaluation of Benefits and Costs""; ""5 Creating a Formal Water Conservation Program Plan""; ""6 Conservation Plan Development and Implementation: Dealing With Perceptions, Barriers, and Obstacles to Effective Water Conservation""; ""Appendix A Case Studies""; ""Index""; ""AWWA Manuals""
• Sommario/riassunto: This new manual discusses the benefits of water conservation programs that are carefully designed and implemented. It is a water conservation planning guide for city water utilities that provides worksheets, steps, goals, and program participant responsibilities and roles. It also discusses water conservation rates, support for water pricing adjustments, involvement of various outside groups, obstacles to overcome, the efficient utilization of available sources of supply, public recognition and participation, and success measurement.