Estimating the value of water-use efficiency in the Intermountain West /

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"Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of water-efficiency programs can be difficult, because not all the benefits are easily quantified. This report presents an economic framework based on two tools from the California Urban Water Conservation Council to estimate the avoided costs and environmenta...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Groves, David G.
Corporate Author: Rand Environment, Energy, and Economic Development (Program)
Other Authors: Griffin, James, Hajiamiri, Sara
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp., 2008.
Series:Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-504-HF.
Subjects:
Water efficiency > Great Basin.
Water resources development > Great Basin.
Water-supply > Great Basin.
Water utilities > Great Basin.
Économie d'eau > Grand Bassin.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation > Grand Bassin.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Grand Bassin.
Services d'eau > Grand Bassin.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Water Supply.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
Water efficiency.
Water resources development.
Water-supply.
Water utilities.
United States > Great Basin.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Denver water case study
  • Case-study methodology
  • Results
  • Summary and conclusions
  • Appendix A: Avoided-cost model
  • Appendix B: Environmental-benefit modeling
  • Appendix C: Impact of supply and demand changes on long-run avoided costs
  • Appendix D: Efficiency-program cost estimates.

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