How smart are ‘Water Smart Landscapes’?
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Understanding the effectiveness of alternative approaches to water conservation is imperative for ensuring security and reliability services urban residents. We analyze data from one longest-running “cash grass” policies – Southern Nevada Water Authority's Smart Landscapes program where homeowners are paid replace grass with desert landscaping. use a sixteen year long panel dataset monthly consumption records 300,000 homes in Las Vegas, Nevada. estimate average savings per square meter turf removed an event study difference-in-differences approach. find that participation this reduced treated home's by 20 percent. no evidence degrade as landscape ages. Depending on assumed time horizon benefits removal, we cost authority about $1.88 thousand gallons saved, which compares favorably means or supply augmentation.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0095-0696', '1096-0449']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2020.102402