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Estimating Benefits of Residential Outdoor Water Conservation: A Step-by-Step Guide

Release Date: 10/7/2024

DOI: 10.32473/EDIS=-FE1009-2017

Water Resources

Abstract

This article was developed to help Extension agents, water-conservation managers, and homeowners estimate the economic benefits of residential outdoor water conservation. It provides guidance for reporting benefits, including lowered utility bills for homeowners, reduced water-delivery costs for utilities, and increased water supply. This publication also offers an example of an impact statement.­

About this Publication

This is EDIS document FE1009, a publication of the Department of Food and Resource Economics, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date February 2017. Revised June 2021 and October 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Tatiana Borisova, former associate professor and Extension specialist, UF/IFAS Department of Food and Resource Economics; Laura A. Warner, professor and Extension specialist, program evaluation and social marketing, UF/IFAS Agricultural Education and Communication, and UF/IFAS Center for Land Use Efficiency, Gainesville, FL; Weizhe Weng, assistant professor, environmental and natural resource economics, UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department; Jennison Searcy, resource economist, UF/IFAS Program for Resource Efficient Communities, Center for Landscape Use Efficiency; Anil Kumar Chaudhary, former graduate student, UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication; Michael Dukes, professor, UF/IFAS Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, and director, Center for Land Use Efficiency, Gainesville, FL 32611.

Authors

Tatiana Borisova
Tatiana Borisova

former associate professor and extension specialist, Department of Food and Resource Economics

Laura Warner
Laura Warner
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Specialist
University of Florida

professor and Extension specialist, program evaluation and social marketing, Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, and UF/IFAS Center for Land Use Efficiency, Gainesville, FL

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Weizhe Weng
Weizhe Weng

former assistant professor, environmental and natural resource economics, Department of Food and Resource Economics; assistant professor, University of Guelph Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Jennison Searcy
Jennison Searcy

former state specialized Extension agent II, M.S., sustainable communities and ecological economics, UF/IFAS Program for Resource Efficient Communities

Anil Kumar Chaudhary
Anil Kumar Chaudhary
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University of Florida

alumnus (Ph.D. 2018), Extension education, UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication

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Michael Dukes
Michael Dukes
Specialist
University of Florida

director, UF/IFAS Nutrient Management Program, associate dean for special initiatives, UF/IFAS Extension, professor, UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, and director, Center for Land Use Efficiency, Gainesville, FL

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