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Y.D. Wang, M. Scozzafava, J. Byrne, S. Wozniak, M.S. Yoo, M. Hesson & A. Waegel

Abstract

Water becomes a scare resource in cities due to urban sprawl and ground-surface water contamination. This shortage, especially during drought seasons, limits economic activities, reducing the quality and quantity of drinking water, and lowering the level of stream flows passing through urban waterways and associated catchments. This paper shows, using the case of the Wilmington Metropolitan City (covering northern New Castle County), that a combined policy of water conservation-oriented rates (WCORs) and conservation technology programs (CTPs) in the residential sector can meet a sustainability goal of the city in peak water demand seasons: sufficiently meeting the shortterm additional water requirement of 15

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