在这项研究中，对科罗拉多州北部七个社区的用水者进行了调查，以评估公众对节水措施的态度。向用户介绍的节水替代方案包括计量、价格上涨、用水限制、草坪大小限制和人口增长控制。将处理后的废水重新用于饮用目的，并开发额外的供水替代品。除了其中一种保护替代品，即用于饮用目的的再利用，都受到了超过一半的受访者的青睐。在有草坪浇水限制的社区，消费者更愿意安装水- 与无限制社区的消费者相比，节省设备或改变景观。电表用户非常喜欢电表，在较小程度上，统一费率用户更喜欢统一费率。计量用户也喜欢涨价，而平板用户则不喜欢。农村和固定费率消费者比城市和计量消费者更倾向于限制人口增长。受过高中教育或年收入低于15000美元的受访者更经常地反对各种保护替代方案。此外，退休人员或残疾人不赞成涨价或安装水等替代方案- 保存设备。包括8个参考文献、表格、图表。

In this study, water consumers in seven northern Colorado communities were surveyed to assess public attitudes toward water conservation measures. Water conservation alternatives presented to the users included metering, price increases, restrictions on water use, restrictions on lawn size, and controls on population growth. The reuse of treated wastewater for potable purposes and the development of additional supplies were presented as water supply alternatives. All but one of the conservation alternatives, reuse for drinking purposes, were favored by more than half of the respondents. Consumers in communities with lawn watering restrictions were more willing to install water-saving devices or to change landscaping than were consumers in unrestricted communities. Metered customers strongly favored meters, and, to a lesser degree, flat-rate customers preferred the flat rate. Metered users also favored price increases, whereas flatrate users did not. Restrictions on population growth were preferred more strongly by rural and flat-rate consumers than urban and metered consumers. Respondents with less than a high school education or earning incomes of less than $15,000 per year more often opposed the various conservation alternatives. In addition, retired or disabled persons did not approve of such alternatives as price increases or installation of water-saving devices. Includes 8 references, tables, figures.