Social Comparisons, Household Water Use, and Participation in Utility Conservation Programs: Evidence from Three Randomized Trials

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 597-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel A. Brent ◽  
Joseph H. Cook ◽  
Skylar Olsen
Keyword(s):  
Water Use ◽  
Randomized Trials ◽  
Social Comparisons ◽  
Conservation Programs ◽  
Household Water

HOUSEHOLD WATER BALANCE AND ASSESSMENT OF WATER VOLUME FOR IRRIGATION IN AGRO LANDSCAPES OF THE KYZYLSU-YUZHNAYA BASIN

2020 ◽  
pp. 102-109
Author(s):  
D.KH. DOMULLODZHANOV ◽  
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R. RAHMATILLOEV
Keyword(s):  
Water Balance ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Storage Systems ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Water Volume ◽  
Land Productivity ◽  
Household Water ◽  
And Storage

The article presents the results of the field studies and observations that carried out on the territory of the hilly, low-mountain and foothill agro landscapes of the Kyzylsu-yuzhnaya (Kyzylsu-Southern) River Basin of Tajikistan. Taking into account the high-altitude location of households and the amount of precipitation in the river basin, the annual volumes of water accumulated with the use of low-cost systems of collection and storage of precipitation have been clarified. The amount of water accumulated in the precipitation collection and storage systems has been established, the volume of water used for communal and domestic needs,the watering of livestock and the amount of water that can be used to irrigate crops in the have been determined. Possible areas of irrigation of household plots depending on the different availability of precipitation have been determined. It has been established that in wet years (with precipitation of about 10%) the amount of water collected using drip irrigation will be sufficient for irrigation of 0.13 hectares, and in dry years (with 90% of precipitation) it will be possible to irrigate only 0.03 ha of the household plot. On the basis of the basin, the total area of irrigation in wet years can be 4497 ha, and in dry years only 1087 ha. Taking into account the forecasts of population growth by 2030 and an increase in the number of households, the total area of irrigation of farmlands in wet years may reach 5703 hectares,and in dry years – 1379 hectares. Growing crops on household plots under irrigation contributes to a significant increase in land productivity and increases the efficiency of water use of the Kyzylsu-yuzhnaya basin.

scholarly journals How managers can reduce household water use through communication: A field experiment

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Hodges ◽  
Colin Kuehl ◽  
Sarah E. Anderson ◽  
Phillip John Ehret ◽  
Cameron Brick
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiment ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
High Water ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Residential Water Use ◽  
Household Water ◽  
Average Water ◽  
Water District ◽  
Residential Water

As populations increase and droughts intensify, water providers are using tools such as persuasive messaging to decrease residential water use. However, district-led messaging campaigns are rarely informed by psychological science, evaluated for effectiveness, or strategically disseminated. In collaboration with a water district, we report a field experiment among single-family households using persuasive messaging based on the information-motivation-behavioral skills model (IMB). We randomly assigned 10,000 households to receive different mailings and measured household water use. All messaging reduced water consumption relative to the control. On average, water use dropped 0.68 HCF (509 gallons) per household in the first month. Had all 10,000 single-family, occupied, non-agricultural residences been mailed the IMB messaging, more than 5 million gallons would have been saved in the first month. The effects declined but persisted for approximately three months and were three to six times greater in households with high water use (75th-90th percentiles) relative to average water use. These findings suggest that combining message elements from the IMB model can reduce residential water use and that targeting high-use households is particularly cost-effective.

scholarly journals How do variations in Urban Heat Islands in space and time influence household water use? The case of Phoenix, Arizona

2012 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rimjhim M. Aggarwal ◽  
Subhrajit Guhathakurta ◽  
Susanne Grossman-Clarke ◽  
Vasudha Lathey
Keyword(s):  
Water Use ◽  
Urban Heat Islands ◽  
Heat Islands ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
Household Water ◽  
Urban Heat

scholarly journals Sociodemographic patterns of household water-use costs in Puerto Rico

2015 ◽  
Vol 524-525 ◽  
pp. 300-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue Yu ◽  
Reza Ghasemizadeh ◽  
Ingrid Padilla ◽  
John D. Meeker ◽  
Jose F. Cordero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Household Water

scholarly journals Extracting household water use event characteristics from rudimentary data

2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 387-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bettina Elizabeth Meyer ◽  
Heinz Erasmus Jacobs ◽  
Adeshola Ilemobade
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Flow Measurements ◽  
High Resolution Data ◽  
High Resource ◽  
Smart Water ◽  
Household Water ◽  
End Use ◽  
End Uses

Abstract Household water end-uses have been extracted from high-resolution smart water meter data in various earlier studies. However, research on end-use disaggregation from rudimentary data is limited. Rudimentary data is defined as data recorded in intervals longer than 1 min, or data recorded with resolutions larger than 0.1 L/pulse. Developing countries typically deal with rudimentary data, due to the high cost and high resource investment associated with high-resolution data. The aim of this study was to extract useful event characteristics from rudimentary data, without identifying the actual end-uses per se. A case study was conducted in the City of Johannesburg, South Africa, where 63 homes were equipped with iPERL smart water meters. The meters recorded flow measurements every 15 s at a 1 L/pulse resolution, rendering the recorded data rudimentary. A total of 1,107,547 event pulses were extracted over the 217-day study period. Although the method presented is limited in the sense that water use events cannot be identified, the method allows for disaggregation of event pulses in the presence of rudimentary data. Using this tool, it is possible to lift valuable information from rudimentary data that would subsequently benefit service providers in setting water demand strategies.

scholarly journals Changes in Breath Trihalomethane Levels Resulting from Household Water-Use Activities

2006 ◽  
Vol 114 (4) ◽  
pp. 514-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sydney M. Gordon ◽  
Marielle C. Brinkman ◽  
David L. Ashley ◽  
Benjamin C. Blount ◽  
Christopher Lyu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Use ◽  
Household Water
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