Water budgets, volumetric allotments of water to
customers based on customer-specific characteristics
and conservative resource standards, are an innovative
means of improving water-use efficiency. Once
thought to be impractical because of technological
constraints, water budgets linked with an increasing-block
rate structure have been implemented successfully
by more than 20 utilities.
Key issues identified in this examination of water
budgets and their potential value to North American
water utilities include: different practical
approaches to water budget rate structures; the
benefits and challenges of these approaches; the
potential uses of water budgets during drought; and,
important steps in the water budget implementation
process. Includes 6 references, tables, figure.
| Edition : | Vol. 100 - No. 5 |
| File Size : | 1
file
, 480 KB |
| Note : | This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 15 |
| Published : | 05/01/2008 |
