The challenge with any new technology or conservation program is to develop
a rigorous and scientific way to estimate savings and costs. This paper
reviews the process, methodology and practical applications of generating water
savings and cost estimates when a program or regulation is in the early stages
of development.
The focus of this paper is on a recent project for Sonoma County Water
Agency in California that involved estimating savings and benefits from
different types of regulations and technologies including landscape restrictions, evapotranspiration (ET) controllers,
rain sensors, irrigation meters, and new development standards for new single family homes.
The goal of this paper is to provide a practical application using end use model to help evaluate
the cost effectiveness of regulations and programs. The Least Cost Planning Decision Support
System, or DSS model has been used as a tool for over 150 communities over the past eight
years. This paper does not focus on the model itself, but rather the application of the
methodology to develop key inputs, assumptions, and parameters that can then be used in an end
use model or other ways to generate water savings calculations. Includes tables, figure.
| Edition : | Vol. - No. |
| File Size : | 1
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| Note : | This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 31 |
| Published : | 06/01/2007 |
