United Nations Guide to Preparing Urban Water-Use Efficiency Plans, 2003

Organization: United Nations (UN), Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Co-author/Contributor: Maddaus Water Management

The Asia and Pacific division of the UN commissioned Maddaus Water Management to prepare a handbook on water efficiency planning for utilities in the Asia-Pacific region of the world. It included software to evaluate cost effectiveness. Prepared by William and Lisa Maddaus, along with the Council’s approval, the UN chose to adapt the Council’s Excel version of the software to this task. MWM made a generic version of the best management practices cost-effectiveness spreadsheets that worked on any water conservation measure, were done in metric units, and were placed on a diskette that went with the handbook. The book was sold on Amazon worldwide and quickly sold out. In 2003, Bill and Lisa conducted a water efficiency workshop, including training on the use of the software, for the UN for Asia-Pacific country representatives in Thailand. Bill and Lisa also used this manual to conduct a workshop for the International Water Association on benefit-cost analysis in Chile in 2005.