To Boost Water Conservation, Turn Customers Into Partners

What happens when the basic measures show diminishing returns? Santa Fe looks to youth education and public involvement to encourage water-saving behaviors.

To Boost Water Conservation, Turn Customers Into Partners

Patricio Pacheco, water resources and conservation specialist, holds up the lid of the coagulation basin as he uses an EnviroScape model to show how coagulation helps with the treatment process.

Santa Fe had substantial success cutting per-capita water consumption. Now the New Mexico capital city is focusing on a long-term conservation strategy built on youth education and public involvement in decision-making.

“A lot of research now shows that it’s the money and time...

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