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dc.contributor.authorBeal, Cara D
dc.contributor.authorJackson, Melissa
dc.contributor.authorStewart, Rodney A
dc.contributor.authorRayment, Cail
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Adrian
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-29T12:42:20Z
dc.date.available2019-05-29T12:42:20Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn0959-6526
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.11.168
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/382371
dc.description.abstractManaging water demand in many remote Indigenous communities is critical yet often poorly implemented due in part to a lack of understanding of the volume and nature of water use. A combination of quantitative and qualitative data has enabled a deeper understanding of water consumption patterns and drivers in three remote Australian communities as part of Stage 1 of the Remote and Isolated Communities Essential Services (RICES) project. Total daily per person use averaged from 270 L/p/d to over 1,500 L/p/d and outdoor water use activities comprised up to 86% of total residential water consumed. Structured interviews with participants identified five main drivers for outdoor water use of which some are traditionally the role of local government service provision (e.g. dust control) and all are closely linked to day to day functioning (e.g. cleaning food, cooling). Traditional demand management strategies such as pricing are not yet appropriate, nor is a reliance on improving local government service provision, due partly to the resource challenges in remote communities. Community-based engagement and education, supported by local government role modelling, has been identified as a more suitable approach and will be tested in later stages of the RICES project.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom2425
dc.relation.ispartofpageto2434
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Cleaner Production
dc.relation.ispartofvolume172
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander environmental knowledges
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental engineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental engineering not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchManufacturing engineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther engineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBuilt environment and design
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEngineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode450304
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode410404
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4011
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode401199
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4014
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4099
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode33
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode40
dc.titleIdentifying and understanding the drivers of high water consumption in remote Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, School of Engineering and Built Environment
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorJackson, Melissa
gro.griffith.authorStewart, Rodney A.
gro.griffith.authorBeal, Cara D.


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