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The Emerging Demand-Side Era in Water Management
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In this article, the authors describe some steps that are being taken across the United States to restrict demand, including the setting up of water conservation offices, committees, coordinators, and conferences; the planning of conservation programs by utilities and water districts; and the implementation of conservation measures by the residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural sectors.Abstract:
Decreasing sources of supply are resulting in a trend toward demand-side alternatives in water management and toward striking a balance between new source development and conservation. This article describes some steps that are being taken across the United States to restrict demand, including the setting up of water conservation offices, committees, coordinators, and conferences; the planning of conservation programs by utilities and water districts; and the implementation of conservation measures by the residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural sectors. Surely the vast cycles by which water is drawn up into the clouds to return to the earth could never be touched wrongread more
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Water conservation in urban landscapes
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Evaluating the Persistence of Residential Water Conservation: a 1992?1997 Panel Study of a Water Utility Program in Delaware
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