| Excessive applications of water by Lethbridge residents to lawns and gardens have contributed to negative impacts including slope failures and basement flooding. The purpose of this Masters Degree Project is to develop a water conservation strategy to reduce residential outdoor water consumption.;Successful water conservation programs of selected North American municipalities were examined to identify water conservation options that could be incorporated into the water conservation strategy. The identified options that were highly evaluated in water conservation, energy conservation and recycling literature as well as by Lethbridge discussion group participants were incorporated into the strategy. The options included four educational techniques and 3 general techniques. The educational techniques included bill inserts, brochures and booklets, newspaper articles and workshops. The general techniques included home audits, an increasing block rate structure and landscape ordinances. A three-phase approach was devised that arranged the techniques in an implementation sequence intended to obtain long-term decreases in residential consumption while building and maintaining a high level of public support. At the conclusion of the document future research considerations are discussed. |
