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This study evaluates two interventions for residential water conservation. Comparing households across an enforcement … substantial water conservation but also shift some consumption from regulated to unregulated hours within the week. In contrast …, we show using data from a randomized experiment with the same customers that normative Home Water Reports reduce water …
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The Clean Water Act (CWA) significantly improved surface water quality, but at a cost exceeding the estimated benefits …
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The quality and inequality of US drinking water investments have gained attention after recent environmental disasters … Drinking Water Act with the targeting of congressional drinking water earmarks ("pork barrel" spending). Earmarks are often …, Hispanic, and low-income communities, partly due to targeting water systems serving large populations. Earmark and loan …
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Many proposed surface water transfers undergo a series of regulatory reviews designed to mitigate hydrological and … trade. To promote a well-functioning market for surface water in California, we describe how a new kind of water right and … related regulatory practices can balance the trade-off between externalities and transaction costs, and how a Water Incentive …
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