Water conservation consists of any beneficial reduction in water losses, waste, or use. In the context of utility planning the term “beneficial” usually means that the benefits of an activity outweigh the costs. Conserving water can be beneficial in many ways, but one important reason for conservation is that it can help our systems avoid, downsize, or postpone water and wastewater projects. Our facilities used to treat and deliver drinking water (and to collect and treat wastewater) are sized to meet the demand. If the level of demand is inflated by wasteful use, our customers pay more in both capital and operating costs than necessary to provide safe and adequate water supply and wastewater services. Moreover, when the cost of supplying drinking water and processing wastewater is reduced, financial resources can be used to meet other needs.
In connection with infrastructure funding, the value of conservation is appropriately assessed in terms of supply, treatment, and distribution costs that can be avoided because of planned reductions in water demand. Conservation becomes more valuable over time because future water supplies and the facilities needed to deliver them are expected to cost more, even when adjusting for inflation.
In other words, permanent conservation savings that are realized today populations and ensure that habitats and ecosystems are protected, our water must be sustainable and renewable. Sound water resource management, which emphasizes careful, efficient use of water, is essential in order to achieve our objectives.
Efficient water use can have major environmental, public health, and economic benefits by helping to impove water quality, maintain aquatic ecosystems, and protect drinking water resources. As we face increasing risks to ecosystems and their biological integrity, the inextricable link between water quality and water quantity becomes more important. Water efficiency is one way of addressing water quality and quantity goals. Our efficient use of water can also prevent pollution by reducing wastewater flows, recycling industrial process water, reclaiming wastewater, and using less energy.
Water conservation consists of any beneficial reduction in water losses, waste, or use. In the context of utility planning the term “beneficial” usually means that the benefits of an activity outweigh the costs. Conserving water can be beneficial in many ways, but one important reason for conservation is that it can help our systems avoid, downsize, or postpone water and wastewater projects. Our facilities used to treat and deliver drinking water (and to collect and treat wastewater) are sized to meet the demand. If the level of demand is inflated by wasteful use, our customers pay more in both capital and operating costs than necessary to provide safe and adequate water supply and wastewater services. Moreover, when the cost of supplying drinking water and processing wastewater is reduced, financial resources can be used to meet other needs.In connection with infrastructure funding, the value of conservation is appropriately assessed in terms of supply, treatment, and distribution costs that can be avoided because of planned reductions in water demand. Conservation becomes more valuable over time because future water supplies and the facilities needed to deliver them are expected to cost more, even when adjusting for inflation.In other words, permanent conservation savings that are realized today populations and ensure that habitats and ecosystems are protected, our water must be sustainable and renewable. Sound water resource management, which emphasizes careful, efficient use of water, is essential in order to achieve our objectives.
Efficient water use can have major environmental, public health, and economic benefits by helping to impove water quality, maintain aquatic ecosystems, and protect drinking water resources. As we face increasing risks to ecosystems and their biological integrity, the inextricable link between water quality and water quantity becomes more important. Water efficiency is one way of addressing water quality and quantity goals. Our efficient use of water can also prevent pollution by reducing wastewater flows, recycling industrial process water, reclaiming wastewater, and using less energy.
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