Sticking with 50% Reduction

Residential (54% of total water use, 43% landscaping)

Conservation

IPR (Indirect Potable Reuse)

Recycled Non-Potable

Groundwater

Surface Water

IFDesalination – Using renewable energy sources

Supply:

• Water Reuse – IPR
  • Recycled Non-potable, shifting costs of installation to govt.
• Technology Upgrades
  • Appliances
• Rainwater Harvesting
• Wells?
• Changing code
  • make gray water systems the norm

Demand:

• Conservation
  • Enforcement
    • Payment Structures – Tiers, implied cap with penalties
    • Fines
  • Incentives
    • Govt. subsidized retrofits
    • Rebates for rainwater harvesting
    • Gray water reuse
  • Education
    • Xeriscaping – Home Depot?
    • Encourage local/community gardening, Especially for schools – garden projects
    • Create social taboos & pressures, local contests
    • Encourage use of metering in houses, apartment complexes for consumer awareness
    • Submeter for irrigation, could be required
    • Improved image of tap water, to reduce demand for bottled
  • Code changes
    • Change pricing structure to eliminate externalized cost