From the OC Register:
Kenneth Small, an environmental economist and professor emeritus at UC Irvine, cited an Arizona study that compared water use in suburban homes that had meters that closely tracked consumption versus homes that didn't. “The ones that had the meters were much more water saving,” Small said. “They tended to have desert landscape and drip irrigation, whereas the (homes) that had no meter looked like Irvine.”

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