本文强调了构建更有效的利率结构所需的关键原则和分析工具。为了帮助供水商评估替代定价方法及其影响，加州城市水资源保护委员会（CUWCC）编制了一本手册，题为“设计、评估和实施节约率结构”。本文总结了手册中介绍的方法，并探讨了节水与水价之间的关系。包括25个参考文献，图。

This article emphasizes the key principles and analytic tools needed to build a more efficient rate structure. To help water suppliers assess alternative pricing approaches and their effects, The California Urban Water Conservation Council (CUWCC) developed a handbook titled "Designing, Evaluating, and Implementing Conservation Rate Structures". This article summarizes the approach presented in the handbook and also explores the relationship between water conservation and water rates. Includes 25 references, figure.