AWWA CSC59673

The goals of the National Submeter and Allocation Billing Program study are to determine themerits of billing conversion programs including the potential water savings, costs, benefits, andthe accompanying administrative and regulatory issues. Work on this study began in the firstquarter of 2002 with completion expected during the first quarter of 2004. This paper presentsthe study methodology and some preliminary results from this research.The study project team developed a multifaceted approach to accomplish the research objectives.Sites selected for the study had to have both a combination of qualified properties and thecooperation of the local water utility. Properties eligible for further consideration were obtainedfrom the billing records of read and bill companies and water utilities. Eligible sites weredeemed to have in-rent, sub-metering, and allocation billed properties. Following extensiveeffort in this phase of the study 13 study sites were selected as meeting the identified criteria:Denver, Colorado; Seattle, Washington; San Diego, California; Hillsborough County, Florida;Phoenix, Arizona; Tucson, Arizona; Austin, Texas, San Antonio, Texas; Portland, Oregon;Oakland, California; Irvine, California; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Las Vegas, Nevada.A detailed and rigorous work plan to obtain data from each study site was developed by theproject team that included surveys and historic billing records from 1999-2002, a four year study"window" to analyze changes in water use.This study assumes that the billing consumption histories provided by participating utilities andthe mail surveys are accurate. For the selected study properties, the mail surveys submitted bythe owners and managers of multi-family dwellings will be verified via site surveys. Includes 8 references, tables, figure.

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Vol. - No.

Published:

04/07/2004

Number of Pages:

9

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1 file , 290 KB