Guide to Preparing Urban Water Use Efficiency Plans issue by United Nations

By United Nations

This e-book presents instructions on getting ready plans for the effective use of water in residential, municipal and advertisement sectors. It comprises very important details for constructing water-use potency plans, comparing their expense effectiveness, assessing present and destiny water calls for, and financing water-use potency programmes. The advisor is a necessary source for choice makers focused on the making plans, funding and administration of water offer and the sanitation area.

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5. Determine vulnerability and “must resolve” issues. Focus efforts on those issues and groups that are likely to generate the greatest conflict. 6. Determine the appropriate level of public involvement. Establish what level of involvement is needed in order to address stakeholder concerns. 7. Select processes and techniques. By completing the first six steps, the agency can save time and money by selecting the most suitable public participation process from many available techniques. 8. Develop a public involvement work plan.

An “efficiency rate structure” should be multi-tiered, with preferably at least three tiers, because: (a) Having a three-tier pricing structure provides a method that a water supply utility can use in times of crisis to manipulate, on a temporary basis, setting higher tariffs aimed at inducing large reductions in water use; (b) An efficiency rate structure provides a constant reminder to customers that water is a precious commodity, and that higher the amount of water used, the higher will be the water bill; (c) Implementing an efficiency rate structure should be accompanied by the shortest billing cycle practicable, and not longer than bi-monthly, so that the impact of recent water use and its cost can be adequately conveyed to customers.

35 however, an approximation should be given of the level of savings and costs that can be expected. Actual savings vary with household size, current devices or technology in use, portion of water used in the landscape area etc. environmental values. Measures should also be equitable in the sense that one category of customers should not benefit while another category pays the costs without receiving the benefits. 3. Measure screening process If a choice must be made between two or more measures of equal effectiveness for the same targeted end use, then the more appropriate measure (due to, for example, ease of implementation or lower unit cost) will pass the screening.

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