本文的目的是开始评估节约率结构和价格对水需求、客户和公用事业绩效的影响，以及制定节约率所涉及的规划和教育过程。这篇论文让水资源保护和水资源专业人士对使用定价作为公共设施保护工作的一部分有了一些见解，并介绍了一组使用节约费率的水资源公共设施的经验。对公用事业管理人员的调查主题包括:服务区；大小所有权章程提供的服务；客户资料；费率结构和价格水平；账单和收入数据； 以及保护工作。

The objective of this paper is to begin the process of evaluating the impact of conservation rate structures and prices on water demand, customers, and utility performance, and the planning and education process involved in instituting conservation rates. This paper gives conservation and water professionals some insight into the use of pricing as part of utility conservation efforts and looks at the experience of a set of water utilities that use conservation rates. Utility managers were surveyed on topics that included: service area; size; ownership; regulation; services provided; customer profile; rate structures and price levels; billing and revenue data; and, conservation efforts.