10.2190/JPL5-FP13-K25C-F526 JPL5FP13K25CF526 1 Economic Evaluation of a Rebate Program for Saving Water: The Case of Mesa 81 86 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 JPL5FP13K25CF526.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=JPL5FP13K25CF526 2 Donald E. Agthe Margot W. Garcia Leigh Goodnough Department of Economics, Arizona State University Department of Planning, Arizona State University Department of Planning, Arizona State University In July of 1984, the City of Mesa, Arizona, implemented a voluntary water development fee rebate program to encourage new home builders and owners to adopt water saving desert landscaping. It is concluded on the basis of benefit cost analysis that the program was successful for single-family residences. It was also found that the program financially favors multifamily development over single-family residential housing. Finally, it is concluded that the program may not be sufficiently publicized and may not appeal to high income home buyers. Arizona Department of Water Resources, Phoenix Active Management Area, Management Plan, First Management Periods: 1980-1990, 1984. City of Mesa, <i>Ordinance Number 1838</i>, 1981. City of Mesa, Water Conservation Office, 1986. D. E. Agthe and R. B. Billings, Equity, Price Elasticity, and Household Income Under Increasing Block Rates for Water, unpublished paper presented at the 1985 meetings of the American Water Resources Association, Tucson, Arizona. W. E. Martin, H. M. Ingram, N. H. Laney, and A. W. Griffin, <i>Saving Water in a Desert City</i>, Resources for the Future, Inc., Baltimore, 1985.