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STATE WATER CONSERVATION STRATEGIES AND ACTIVITIES 1
Author(s) -
Sawyer Stephen W.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1984.tb04750.x
Subject(s) - leverage (statistics) , incentive , water conservation , environmental resource management , agriculture , conservation agriculture , state (computer science) , environmental planning , business , soil conservation , environmental protection , geography , environmental science , water resources , economics , ecology , computer science , archaeology , algorithm , machine learning , biology , microeconomics
States have the potential to play a major role in moving water conservation from conferences and reports that identify its advantages to actual practice. The research identifies four generic “strategies” that categorize the states' approaches toward conservation and reports on the states' current conservation activities. The four strategies are: reliance on agricultural advisors, leverage incentives, performance standards, and mandatory actions. Four levels of state conservation activity exist. California and Florida maintain the most extensive programs; Arizona, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Oklahoma also have numerous programs but significantly lower staff commitments; eight additional states maintain more modest conservation effotts. Elsewhere, state directed conservation actions remain minimal and limited to those provided as agricultural advice. The study found support for water conservation the norm among water supply planners.