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Net Blue Stakeholder Questionnaire |
Purpose: The Alliance for Water Efficiency’s (AWE) report, Water Offset Policies for Water-Neutral Community Growth, reviewed 13 communities throughout the United States that currently have a water demand offset policy or water neutral growth policy in place. These policies require offsetting the projected water demand of new development with water efficiency measures to create a “Net Blue” or neutral impact on overall service area demands and water use.
To guide more communities to use these strategies, AWE has partnered with the Environmental Law Institute and River Network to launch Net Blue, a new initiative aiming to offer a practical path to sustainable community development. The three organizations are developing a model ordinance, including a consistent and industry-approved methodology for calculating offsets to ensure desired water savings, which communities can tailor to create a water demand offset approach that meets their needs.
As part of this process, this stakeholder questionnaire is designed to collect additional information from a wide range of stakeholders to help inform development of the ordinance. We appreciate your willingness to participate in this survey.
To guide more communities to use these strategies, AWE has partnered with the Environmental Law Institute and River Network to launch Net Blue, a new initiative aiming to offer a practical path to sustainable community development. The three organizations are developing a model ordinance, including a consistent and industry-approved methodology for calculating offsets to ensure desired water savings, which communities can tailor to create a water demand offset approach that meets their needs.
As part of this process, this stakeholder questionnaire is designed to collect additional information from a wide range of stakeholders to help inform development of the ordinance. We appreciate your willingness to participate in this survey.