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Conservation efforts limit rate increases for Colorado utility
Author(s) -
Feinglas Stuart,
Gray Christine,
Mayer Peter
Publication year - 2014
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 - 10.5942/jawwa.2014.106.0057
Subject(s) - pace , limit (mathematics) , business , natural resource economics , economics , geography , mathematics , mathematical analysis , geodesy
When a city's utility department was asked by a customer why water rates had gone up despite residents' efforts to conserve, utility staff conducted research and found that conservation measures had actually slowed the pace of inevitable rate increases.