Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

New developments in water efficiency

  • Review
  • Published:
Journal of Ocean University of China Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

An overview of significant new developments in water efficiency is presented in this paper. The areas covered will be legislative, regulatory, new programs or program wrinkles, new products, and new studies on the effectiveness of conservation programs. Examples include state and local level efficiency regulations in Texas; the final results of the national submetering study for apartments in the US; the US effort to adopt the IWA protocols for leak detection; new water efficient commercial products such as ET irrigation controllers, new models of efficient clothes washers, and innovative toilet designs.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • American Water Works Association, 1990. M-36 Manual Water Audits and Leak Detection. American Water Works Association, Denver, Colorado, 1–9.

    Google Scholar 

  • American Water Works Association Water Loss Control Committee, 2006. Free Water Audit Software, viewed 4 April 2006, http:/www. awwa. org/WaterWiser/water-loss/Docs/WaterAuditSoftware. cfm.

  • Associates GDS, 2004. Water Conservation Best Management Practices Guide. C. Brown, T. Gregg, and A. Blair, eds., Texas Water Development Board, Austin, Texas, 1–29.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mayer, P. W., W. B. DeOreo, E. Caldwell, T. Miller, E. Osann, et al., 2004. National Multiple Family Submetering and Allocation Billing Program Study. Aquacraft Inc. and the East Bay Municipal Utility District, Boulder, Colorado, xvii-1.

    Google Scholar 

  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Energy, 2006. Energy Star Qualified Products, viewed 4 April 2006, http:/www. energystar. gov/index. Cfm? fuseaction=find-a-product.

  • Water Conservation Division of American Water Works Association, 2006. AWWA manual M-52 of water supply practices. Water Conservation Programs: A Planning Manual. American Water Works Association, Denver, Colorado, 39–88.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Water Conservation Division, Austin Water Utility, 78767, Austin, TX, USA

    Tony T. Gregg, Amanda Dewees, Drema Gross, Bill Hoffman, Dan Strub & Matt Watson

Authors
  1. Tony T. Gregg
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Amanda Dewees
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Drema Gross
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Bill Hoffman
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Dan Strub
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Matt Watson
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Gregg, T.T., Dewees, A., Gross, D. et al. New developments in water efficiency. J Ocean Univ. China 5, 375–380 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11802-006-0032-z

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11802-006-0032-z

Key words

Search

Navigation