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Show 23 SLCDPU. According to Duer, this freedom is bounded by her efforts to focus on the developments that will be effective within Salt Lake City. There needs to be proof that an idea will conserve water in Salt Lake City. This ability of the SLCDPU's water conservation coordinator stems from the history of that position within the agency. Initially, water conservation programs were an additional duty to various jobs already assigned to certain administrators and staff. As a result, these administrators had the ability to develop water conservation programs in the context of other actions performed by the SLCDPU, as well as having a degree of autonomy in water conservation approaches. Duer's position, created in June of 2001, served to combine these previously separate duties into a single position. This precedent, the importance of effectiveness in approaches to water conservation within the context of the agency, remains a part of Duer's considerations when developing water conservation programs ( Duer, 3/ 3/ 04). Additionally, SLCDPU has a history of relatively progressive water conservation measures. These progressive measures began when Salt Lake City became the first city in the Western United States to implement " metered water" in the 1920s. Metered water is the ability to measure actual water usage. Many large cities in the West still do not meter their water ( Duer, 3/ 3/ 04). Additionally, the SLCDPU began their " conservation rate structure" in 1992, an economic incentive to reduce water use during the summer months by increasing the cost of water in the summer months ( www. slcsaveh2o. com, 11/ 1/ 03). The reason for these progressive measures is tied to the attitudes and actions of SLCDPU administrators. The historical precedence of these programs |