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Evaluation of Peak Pricing on Single-Family Residential Water Consumption in Seattle
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| Title |
Evaluation of Peak Pricing on Single-Family Residential Water Consumption in Seattle
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| Creator |
Hsu, David
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| Subject |
water utilities
water supply water policy water management water conservation water use decision making consumer demand demand elasticities consumer attitudes consumer behavior consumer economics water consumer surveys data analysis |
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| Description |
Public water utilities have increasingly turned to increasing block rate price structures to reduce water consumption and signal the high environmental costs of water supply. Hsu evaluates the impact of a new and substantially higher price block added to the existing block rate price structure in Seattle (often referred to as a 'shock rate') which only affected those who consume very high quantities of water. The public water utility in Seattle added such a rate to its existing price...
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| Publisher |
University of Washington Water Center
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| Date |
2011-05-31T20:24:31Z
2011-05-31T20:24:31Z 2009-02-18 |
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| Type |
Presentation
Recording, oral |
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| Identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/1773/16553
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| Language |
en_US
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| Relation |
2009 Annual Review of Research;Hsu
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