TY - JOUR T1 - An application of water scarcity pricing with varying threshold, elasticity, and deficit JF - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation SP - 59 LP - 65 VL - 59 IS - 2 AU - J. M. Duke AU - R. Ehemann Y1 - 2004/03/01 UR - http://www.jswconline.org/content/59/2/59.abstract N2 - This paper modifies a general model of water demand to account for varying thresholds and deficits. Price elasticity of demand is also varied. Actual data on water consumption, demographics, water pricing, and weather are collected from northern New Castle County, Delaware. Under reasonable assumptions, the model predicts the effect of these variables on price. The relationships between price increase and thresholds, elasticities, and deficits are examined in detail. The results suggest that increases in price will induce meaningful levels of conservation, even in the presence of a threshold. ER -