降低配水能源成本的努力应集中在高服务泵电能消耗量最大的领域。在当前配电系统改进的生命周期内，能源成本降低措施的经济重要性可能会增加一倍或三倍；总体而言，需求收费领域的价格涨幅最大。有效和可靠的能源成本降低方法似乎是（1）降低工作压力，（2）使用重力进料存储来平滑泵送变化并减少峰值电力需求，（3）使用发动机驱动的抽油机来减少峰值电力需求，（4）提高抽油机的运行效率，以及（5）功率因数修改。 包括19个参考文献、图表。

Efforts to reduce energy costs of water distribution should focus on the area of greatest consumption-electrical energy for high-service pumping. The economic importance of energy cost reduction measures may double, or perhaps triple, within the life of current distribution system improvements; overall, the greatest price increase is expected in the demand charge area. Effective and reliable energy cost reduction methods appear to be (1) reduction of service pressure, (2) the use of gravity feed storage to smooth pumping variations and reduce peak electrical demand, (3) the use of engine-driven pumping units to reduce peak electrical demand, (4) increasing the operating efficiency of pumping units, and (5) power factor modifications. Includes 19 references, figures.