Water Conservation Measures for Short and Long-term Water Demand Reduction

Proceedings of the 1989 Georgia Water Resources Conference, May 16-17, 1989, Athens, Georgia.Consistently meeting demands can prove to be a difficult task when dealing with a finite resource like water. There are incidences when water demand reduction is a viable alternative to increasing water supplies. This demand reduction can be accomplished by various water conservation measures. The implementation of water conservation measures can be for short-term or long-term demand reduction. Short-term demand reduction is applicable in response to specific water supply deficits such as the summer droughts experienced in recent years. Long-term demand reduction has the potential to reduce water demands into the future. When planning for future water needs, long-term conservation can significantly reduce capital expenditures for new facilities. This paper presents both short-term and long-term water conservation measures. In addition, the integration of these measures in drought management and long-range water supply planning is discussed.Sponsored by U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, the University of Georgia, Georgia State University, and Georgia Institute of Technology.This book was published by the Institute of Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602 with partial funding provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, through the Georgia Water Research Institute as authorized by the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (P.L. 98242). The views and statements advanced in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not represent official views or policies of The University of Georgia or the U.S. Geological Survey or the conference sponsors