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

Estimating the value of water-use efficiency in the Intermountain West / David G. Groves, James Griffin, Sara Hajiamiri.

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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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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Groves, David G.
Corporate Author: Rand Environment, Energy, and Economic Development (Program)
Other Authors: Griffin, James, Hajiamiri, Sara
Format: eBook
Language:English
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.
Water efficiency.
Water resources development.
Water-supply.
Water utilities.
United States > Great Basin.
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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