{"id":444577,"date":"2010-03-18T17:11:21","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T21:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/texaswatersolutions\/?p=115"},"modified":"2010-03-18T17:11:21","modified_gmt":"2010-03-18T21:11:21","slug":"well-designed-rates-can-reduce-water-usage-%e2%80%93-just-ask-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/444577","title":{"rendered":"Well designed rates can reduce water usage \u2013 just ask San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an effort to further reduce water use, San Antonio Water System (SAWS) <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/news\/environment\/SAWS_seeks_to_save_water_via_rates.html\">proposed<\/a> a new rate structure to the City Council on Wednesday that would penalize high-volume users while rewarding those who use less. The new rate structure will reduce rates for normal households, using 7,000-8,000 gallons per month, while increasing rates for the top 7% of all users by 13.8%. SAWS is hoping that the change will impact behavior, causing high users to use less. Saved water can reduce the need for a utility to find new <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/livinggreensa\/SA_is_urged_to_look_to_gulf_for_more_water.html\">supply <\/a>or build new <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.ci.austin.tx.us\/water\/wtpfour.htm\">infrastructure<\/a>, which can be very expensive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last November, <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.ci.austin.tx.us\/water\/downloads\/Approved%20Service%20Rates%202009-10%20Water%20Retail.pdf\">Austin <\/a>implemented a long awaited fifth tier for customers using more than 25,000 gallons a month. Unfortunately, many <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.texaswatermatters.org\/dropbydrop.htm\">Texas cities <\/a>do not have a conservation oriented rate structure. Hopefully, these cities can learn a lesson from their neighbors as an effective way to save money and save water.<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?a=wAHo939eCO8:goExh1rXeO4:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?a=wAHo939eCO8:goExh1rXeO4:2mJPEYqXBVI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?d=2mJPEYqXBVI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?a=wAHo939eCO8:goExh1rXeO4:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?a=wAHo939eCO8:goExh1rXeO4:u0Zhe-nyOHo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?d=u0Zhe-nyOHo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?a=wAHo939eCO8:goExh1rXeO4:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/environmentaldefense\/~4\/wAHo939eCO8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an effort to further reduce water use, San Antonio Water System (SAWS) proposed a new rate structure to the City Council on Wednesday that would penalize high-volume users while rewarding those who use less. The new rate structure will reduce rates for normal households, using 7,000-8,000 gallons per month, while increasing rates for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4273,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-444577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4273"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}