1984年夏秋，爱德华兹地下水区和德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥市开展了一项区域性的水资源保护计划。该项目的目标是教育公众有关潜在的水资源短缺问题，并在很大程度上促进自愿的保护措施。为了评估公众对该项目的接受程度，进行了一次区域调查，包括有关水资源开发和保护的知识和态度、人们使用和喜欢使用的关于保护实践的信息源类型，以及人们在该项目推动下实际实施的保护措施等问题。 本文讨论了调查结果以及与全州和其他地方的保护计划有关的一些考虑因素。包括13个参考文献和表格。

The Edwards Underground Water District and the city of San Antonio, Texas, conducted a regionwide water conservation program during the summer and fall of 1984. The program's goals were to educate the public about the potential water scarcity problem and to promote largely voluntary conservation measures. To evaluate acceptance of the program by the public, a regional survey was administered that included questions regarding knowledge about and attitudes toward water resources development and conservation, the types of information sources people use and prefer to use about conservation practices, and the conservation measures people actually implemented under the impetus of the program. Results of the survey and some considerations relevant to conservation programs throughout the state and elsewhere are discussed. Includes 13 references, tables.