本文讨论了“公民参与”的节水概念。换句话说，共同努力让公民扮演公民的角色，而不是消费者的角色，承担起节约用水的责任，唯一的原因就是节约用水是正确的做法。该研究侧重于挖掘“公民身份”的力量，并引用了来自北卡罗来纳州卡里（Cary，North Carolina）和亚利桑那州菲尼克斯（Phoenix，Arizona）的一个案例研究。在卡里，社区“街区领袖”构成了一个以草根社区为基础的项目的核心，而在菲尼克斯，公民创建了保护计划，并对其实施至关重要。包括数字。

This paper discusses the concept of water conservation by "civic engagement". In other words, a concerted effort to engage citizens in the role of citizen rather than as customers, in assuming responsibility for water conservation for no other reason than that water conservation is the right thing to do. The study focuses on the power of tapping "citizenship", and cites a case study from Cary, North Carolina where community "block leaders" form the core of a grassroots neighborhood-based program, and from Phoenix, Arizona where citizens created the conservation plan and are key to its implementation. Includes figure.