Table 1.

Summary Statistics: 2006-2015 Panel

Variable	Definition	Mean	SD	Min	Max
Pro-conservation water rate, dummy variable	Indicator of utility with a PCWR in a given year	0.67	0.47	0	1
Capacity
# Service connections, 2005	# of people served by utility in year 2005	16,046	29,776	64	380,450
% Unmetered service connections	Percent of service connections not metered	0.04	0.15	0	0.99
Median household income	Median household income in system service area, in $2017	70,529	22,962	27,144	195,552
Motivation
Governance: Special district	=1 if special district	0.43	0.50	0	1
Governance: Private owner	=1 if privately owned utility	0.15	0.36	0	1
Governance: General-purpose government	=1 if general purpose government	0.42	0.49	0	1
South-of-Delta water importer	=1 if system is a junior rightsholder (i.e. located south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta) and purchases imported water	0.37	0.48	0	1
# Customer complaints per connection	# of customer complaints per connection regarding service quality for years 2013-2015	0.004	0.01	0	0.11
% Neighbors with PCWR	Percent of other utilities with a PCWR in a given year, located in same hydrologic region	0.67	0.16	0.31	0.92
External
Avg. annual max. temperature, °C	Average annual maximum temperature, in °C	34.1	5.3	17.1	45.6
	N	2,584
	# water systems	323