中小城市往往缺乏执行有效水管理计划的资源。这些社区现在可以进行详细的“自己动手”审计，以帮助他们确定可用的水资源，隔离问题区域，设定目标，并制定管理战略。该审计强调节约用水和再利用，有五个目标:确定节约用水的潜力，减少容积需求，减少峰值需求以推迟水系统扩建的需要，确定废水和雨水的潜在用途，以及促进水资源的负责任管理。 该指南的自助格式，包括问题和说明，使市政当局能够在没有外部协助的情况下进行审计，并在必要时重复该程序。包括2个参考文献，图。

Small and intermediate-sized municipalities frequently lack the resources to carry out effective water management programs. A detailed, "do-it-yourself" audit is now available to such communities to help them identify available water resources, isolate problem areas, set goals, and develop management strategies. Stressing water conservation and reuse, the audit has five goals: to identify the potential for conservation, to reduce volumetric demand, to reduce peak demand in order to postpone the need for water system expansion, to identify potential uses for wastewater and stormwater, and to promote responsible management of water resources. The guide's self-help format, complete with questions and instructions, enables municipalities to perform an audit without outside assistance and to repeat the procedure when necessary. Includes 2 references, figure.