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the upper altamaha initiative:
fall 2008 Students: Stinson Ferguson and Katherine Sheriff A. What other states are doing on water conservation and efficiency, particularly in the southeast and including legislation. We will research the practices, policies, and legislation of different states, by region, focusing on the southeast. We will then narrow our research and focus on the most innovative/efficient practices, policies, and legislation. We will gather the names of the people responsible for the creation and/or implementation of these policies, practices and legislation and contact them. We will conduct 10 minute interviews with each person relating to the success and failures of these projects, and the process of their implementation. We will conduct electronic surveys of people familiar with the policies, practices, and legislation to learn of their opinions of the difficulties and incentives of the programs. At the conclusion of our research, we will rank the policies, programs, and legislation (separate ranking for each category), and list pros and cons for each. In the presentation to the class, we will explain, assess, and critique each of the policies, programs, and legislation covered. B. How to encourage conservation through restructuring rates without penalizing the water utilities. We will first thoroughly research past programs that have been implemented to encourage water conservation via rate structuring as well as those currently in place. We will find out why the previously implemented programs failed, and what led to the implementation of the current ones. If needed, we will contact the people who were responsible for past and current programs to ask questions and get suggestions. Using our findings, we will devise implementation plans for at least 3 new, nonexistent programs. If necessary, we will research current programs being used in other states/regions. We will make detailed implementation plans for each of our "original programs," which will include where funding (if needed) will come from, whose cooperation will be necessary, identification of "key players", who will be needed to monitor, troubleshoot, and problem-solve in relation to the programs, the possible problems that may prevent implementation of the programs, a timeline for implementation, and the immediate and future benefits of the programs. Also, we will come up with ways to market the programs to water utilities, consumers, and municipalities. We will present all of our programs to the class as if they were an audience of water utilities owners. C. The report on how to make the dashboard tool more effective at promoting conservation pricing for utilities and the general public. We will first research the promotion of conservation pricing for utilities and the general public-what works and what doesn't. We will next research the uses and capabilities of a dashboard tool, generally. We will then contact the necessary people to see the dashboard tool as previously designed. In doing this we will inquire about the specific shortcomings of the tool as previously designed, and ask for any suggestions as to how to best eliminate them. We will next ask Stacey Berhazer about the desired result and intended audience of the dashboard tool in this context. We will next research how exactly to modify a dashboard tool to accomplish these goals, and assess whether or not it will be possible to eliminate all of the specific shortcomings identified. We will then design the dashboard tool with the changes implemented and present the process to the class and explain how the changes will achieve the goal of making the dashboard tool more effective at demonstrating what rates send a price signal. |
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