作者开展了一项调查，了解供水商使用保护率结构的经验。调查内容包括服务特点、实施保护费率前后的需求水平、费率结构和价格水平、账单和收入、其他保护措施，以及费率和保护工作的目标和有效性。作者利用大量受访者，将调查分发给567家公用事业公司，并收到89份回复。这篇文章代表了评估节约率结构效果的第一步，并为水务专业人士提供了在公用事业节约工作中使用定价的特写。 包括表格、数字。

The authors developed a survey to learn about water providers' experiences using conservation rate structures. The survey included questions about service characteristics, demand levels before and after implementation of conservation rates, rate structures and price levels, billing and revenue, other conservation measures, and the objectives and effectiveness of rates and conservation efforts. Drawing on a number of respondent pools, the authors distributed the survey to 567 utilities and received 89 responses. This article represents a first step in evaluating the effect of conservation rate structures and gives water professionals a closeup look at the use of pricing in utility conservation efforts. Includes tables, figures.