节水率的政治学考察了 地方治理机构结构的可能性 公用事业采用节约率。数据的统计分析 2006年AWWA费率调查和其他来源表明 地方治理结构会影响效用率设计，即使在 考虑到气候和金融条件。仅包含摘要。

The Politics of Water Conservation Rates examines the influence of local governance institutional structures on the likelihood that utilities adopt conservation rates. A statistical analysis of data from the 2006 AWWA Rate Survey and other sources demonstrates that local governance structures affect utility rate design, even after taking climatic and financial conditions into account. Includes abstract only.