The Water Values

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Mary Ann Dickinson, the President and CEO of the Alliance for Water Efficiency, comes on The Water Values Podcast to examine a range of current issues involving water efficiency and to discuss her organization’s advocacy for water efficiency. She enthusiastically identifies a number of issues and describes how water efficiency actually is the least cost alternative for holding down rates. Mary Ann explains how water and energy are interrelated. She also identifies a wide gulf in the public’s understanding about how much water we actually use. Listen and find out how you can use water more efficiently!

In this session, you’ll learn about:

• Which organizations are devoted to the efficient and sustainable use of water
• The mission of Alliance for Water Efficiency and its varied programs
• The bigger picture of how consumers use water and where it’s going
• How are water efficiency programs chosen for different communities
• The Water Conservation Tracking Tool and what it does
• What happened when a Tennessee community ran out of water
• The principal of water conservation
• The biggest misperception about the impact of water conservation on rates
• How water conservation efforts are taking the rap for poor community infrastructure
• How water utilities base their rates
• The millions of dollars that can be saved in “avoided costs”
• What tools are available to help  utilities set conservation-oriented rates and keep revenue stable
• The symbiotic relationship between water and energy
• The blueprint for water and energy working together, and the test case of Austin Water and Power
• What the average consumer doesn’t know about their water use

Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include:

• Alliance for Water Efficiency
• Financing Sustainable Water
• Get the Water Conservation Tracking Tool
• Alliance to Save Energy
• American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)
• American Water Works Association
• Water Research Foundation
• Water Environment Federation
• Home Water Works

Transcript

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