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Urban water supply reliability: Preferences of managers, elected officials and water users in Boulder, Colorado

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6480589
The study compares the attitudes of the water using public, water officials and elected officials towards water supply reliability (as measured by the likelihood of shortages). It also takes a step towards measuring the benefits and costs of different reliability levels in terms of water users' willingness-to-pay for increases in reliability and in terms of their willingness-to-accept compensation (in the form of lower water bills for lower levels of reliability). Evidence in Boulder, including a high coincidence between the preferences of water officials and elected City Council members, shows that water officials pursue the public's interests and not narrower objectives of their own.
Research Organization:
Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO (United States). Water Resources Research Inst.
OSTI ID:
6480589
Report Number(s):
PB-93-200343/XAB; COMPLETION--158; CNN: DI-14-08-0001-1551
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English