AWWA ACE70862

The purpose of this research presented on a powerpoint presentation is to quantify the residential water use changesacross North America observed during the past 30 years. The study seeks tolearn to what extent the household water usage patterns observed throughoutNorth America vary over time, and to begin to characterize those patterns byunique place and utility elements. Specific objectives include: understanding water usage behavior patterns and trends;assessing the impact of those patterns on water utilityoperations; and,providing data that can be correlated with future trends forplanning purposes. Project methodology included: for national trends - examine the historic water usage trend of randomly selected utilities; forregional characteristics - explore the relationship between usage and utility-specific characteristics; and, forlocal behavior - explore usage behavior at the household level, andanalyze the relationships between the household usage data and theunderlying socio-economic factors. Conclusions indicate that: there has been a pervasive decline in residential water usage demand; and,econometric models estimate that penetration of conservationappliances attribute to a 18.8 % decline in usage. Includes tables, figures.

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Edition:

Vol. - No.

Published:

11/01/2009

Number of Pages:

31

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1 file , 1.8 MB