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Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Water Conservation in Southern Texas
Author(s) -
Olsen Darryll,
Highstreet Allan L.
Publication year - 1987
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.1551-8833.1987.tb02816.x
Subject(s) - water conservation , socioeconomic status , scarcity , resource (disambiguation) , environmental planning , business , environmental resource management , order (exchange) , natural resource economics , geography , water resources , environmental science , economics , environmental health , ecology , computer science , population , computer network , biology , microeconomics , medicine , finance
The Edwards Underground Water District and the city of San Antonio, Texas, conducted a regionwide conservation program during the summer and fall of 1984. The program's goals were to educate the public about the potential water scarcity problem and to promote largely voluntary conservation measures. To evaluate acceptance of the program by the public, a regional survey was administered that included questions regarding knowledge about and attitudes toward water resources development and conservation, the types of information sources people use and prefer to use about conservation practices, and the conservation measures people actually implemented under the impetus of the program. Some considerations relevant to conservation programs throughout the state and elsewhere are discussed. Many institutional and economic factors affect water conservation policy in general, and it was concluded that water conservation must be assigned full resource status in order to implement effective institutional policy options.