With the goal of understanding future water demand and
conservation potential for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's
(SFPUC's) wholesale customer service area, an end-use
water demand model was used to conduct a series of comprehensive
evaluations. Using a water demand forecasting model that
focuses on end uses such as toilets and showerheads allows
analysts to isolate the effect of plumbing and appliance codes on
demand projections and potential water savings. In this study, the
model was applied to each wholesale customer service area
individually to first project total water demand in 2030 and then to
evaluate the cost-effectiveness of implementing a range of conservation
measures.
The study found that current plumbing and appliance codes
would reduce 2030 total water demand (estimated at 324 mgd)
in the SFPUC wholesale customer service area by about 7.8%.
The modeling further showed that additional water conservation
measures could reduce total water demands by an extra
2-6%. Includes 3 references, tables, figures.
| Edition : | Vol. 98 - No. 2 |
| File Size : | 1
file
, 310 KB |
| Note : | This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 10 |
| Published : | 02/01/2006 |
