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A Little Neighborly Competition Can Help Reduce Water Usage – Open data is key

March 4, 2014/

Allowing drought-plagued Californians to see how much water their neighbors use inspired customers to consume 5 percent less.

New software that may entice drought-hardened Californians to close the spigot a little tighter by letting them compare their own water consumption with that of their neighbors.

by Steve Towns

Full Story: http://www.governing.com/columns/tech-talk/gov-keeping-wown-with-the-joneses.html

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