AWWA JAW66946

Water budgets, volumetric allotments of water tocustomers based on customer-specific characteristicsand conservative resource standards, are an innovativemeans of improving water-use efficiency. Oncethought to be impractical because of technologicalconstraints, water budgets linked with an increasing-blockrate structure have been implemented successfullyby more than 20 utilities.Key issues identified in this examination of waterbudgets and their potential value to North Americanwater utilities include: different practicalapproaches to water budget rate structures; thebenefits and challenges of these approaches; thepotential uses of water budgets during drought; and,important steps in the water budget implementationprocess. Includes 6 references, tables, figure.

Product Details

Edition:

Vol. 100 - No. 5

Published:

05/01/2008

Number of Pages:

15

File Size:

1 file , 480 KB