CONSERVATION PRACTICES AND ATTITUDES AMONG MARYLAND WATER SUPPLY MANAGERS<sup>1</sup>

Sawyer, Stephen W.

doi:10.1111/j.1752-1688.1982.tb00074.x

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“…Simultaneously, it is well established that despite decades of reports calling for a shift from supply‐side to demand‐side policies (cf. Sewell & Roueche ; Sawyer ), water managers, for a variety of reasons, continue to focus on supply‐side management (Griffin & Mjelde ; Pirie et al . ; Lach et al .…”

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The water supply is fine: decision‐maker perceptions of water quantity and supply‐side management

Cockerill

2013

Water & Environment J

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Years of research have called for more science to be integrated into water management decisions and for a shift from supply-side to demand-side management; yet, there remains a strong emphasis on supply-side approaches and in many areas limited attention to hydrological data. A survey and interviews with decision-makers in western North Carolina reveal that there is only low-level concern about water quantity, and this drives a continued emphasis on supply-side management and no perceived need for hydrological data. The historical realities of low demand and abundant water have generated a perception of 'water supply' as disconnected from physical, hydrological systems and allowed for ad hoc decision-making processes to prevail. The lack of well-established processes may, ironically, provide significant opportunities for employing collaboration among researchers and decision-makers to develop policies and processes that integrate data into making water management decisions and thus prompt increased attention to water demand.

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The water supply is fine: decision‐maker perceptions of water quantity and supply‐side management

Cockerill

2013

Water & Environment J

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“…1. municipalities drawing from a surface source; 2. water supply managers with lengthier experience within a municipality (McMieken, 1972;Sawyer, 1982); 3. water supply managers trained as engineers (McMieken, 1972;Sawyer, 1982); and 4. water supplying agencies of greater size, for example Ministry of the Environment operated systems.…”

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MUNICIPAL UTILIZATION OF WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT: THE ONTARIO EXPERIENCE¹

Kreutzwiser

Feagan

1989

J American Water Resour Assoc

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Managing the demand for municipal water supply has become a viable alternative or supplement to traditional supply management responses. Though senior governments in Canada are committed to the concept, there is a lack of knowledge concerning the level of use of the demand management concept and little promotion of water conservation. This paper assesses the extent of the use of this concept as it applies to municipal water supply across southern Ontario and examines factors that influence the variation in use of water conservation strategies. Information from 219 municipalities revealed that the concept is not in wide use in southern Ontario and that existing variation can be partially explained by the extent of problems experienced and the population size served by the municipal water supply system. Suggestions for increasing municipal use of the demand management concept are offered.

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