Estimating the Value of Water-Use Efficiency in the Intermountain West.

Cover -- Preface -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One - Introduction -- Common Approach to Valuing Efficiency Programs -- Systematic Assessment of Efficiency Benefits -- Avoided Water Costs -- Environmental and Recreational Benefits -- Demonstration of Comprehensive Approach -- Report Organization -- Chapter Two - Denver Water Case Study -- Introduction -- Supply and Demand Projections -- Sources of Supply -- Chapter Three - Case-Study Methodology -- Introduction -- Estimating Avoided Costs -- Short-Run Avoided Costs -- Long-Run Avoided Costs -- Representing Denver Water in the Avoided-Cost Model -- Estimating Environmental and Recreational Benefits -- Riparian Zones and Wetlands -- Trout Fisheries -- Air-Quality Impacts from Water Pumping -- River-Rafting Recreation -- Long-Run Environmental Benefits -- Addressing Uncertainty -- Relating Efficiency Valuations to Efficiency-Program Planning -- Chapter Four - Results -- Short-Run Avoided Costs -- Long-Run Avoided Costs -- Environmental and Recreational Benefits -- Short-Run Environmental and Recreational Benefits -- Long-Run Environmental and Recreational Benefits -- Total Benefits -- Evaluating Efficiency Programs -- Comparing Efficiency Benefits to Efficiency-Program Costs -- Chapter Five - Summary and Conclusions -- Appendix A - Avoided-Cost Model -- Appendix B - Environmental-Benefit Modeling -- Appendix C - Impact of Supply and Demand Changes on Long-Run Avoided Costs -- Appendix D - Efficiency-Program Cost Estimates -- References.