113: Per Capita Water Use - Decoding the Data
Ripple Effect
English - November 12, 2022 02:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MBEducation News water law western united states water natural resources utah Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Rick Maloy, Water Conservation Manager for Central Utah Water Conservancy District, provides a fascinating deep dive into how States calculate their per capita water use. Spoiler – it is complicated. Rick talks about the three different methodologies, Total Demand, Water Use Reporting, and Consumptive Use Calculations, as well as the various other conditions that make it difficult to get to an apples to apples comparison. Great discussion for debunking some of the water use myths about Utah and setting the stage for a much more nuanced discussion.