They support the project and will be actively engaged in the development of the actor platform. The main clients are given by the owners of real estates. The individual households are not very well organized regarding the consumption of water. Most households pay a fixed sum per month to guarantee their water supply. Often this sum is included in the rent.
Water prices are quite low and are irrelevant regarding the overall budget of a household.
Because of these reasons most people are not aware of their personal water consumption. The metropolitan area of Zurich is located in the Swiss midlands. Per capita water consumption is above the European level but it has been decreasing during the last ten years. Practices in water supply management have been based on the development of large capacities to meet water demand at peak times. The actual capacity lies at 500'000 m3 per day while peak demand in 1998 reached only 250'000 m3 per day.