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Conservation “Stilts” Help the Water Utility Stand Tall
Author(s) -
Brigham Arthur P.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1979.tb04396.x
Subject(s) - investment (military) , capital investment , business , water conservation , natural resource economics , capital (architecture) , consumption (sociology) , water utility , environmental economics , economics , environmental science , finance , water supply , geography , environmental engineering , ecology , water resources , social science , archaeology , sociology , politics , political science , law , biology
A sustained conservation effort involves the orderly education of customers to new habits and new techniques that foster efficient use of existing capacity and becomes a factor in the calculation of capital investment in new capacity. Short‐term conservation programs are usually aimed at drastic demand reduction in customer consumption to move the utility through a drought or other crisis situation.