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  • Believed versus actual hosehold water use: disaggregating end uses to inform water conservation attitudes in Qld, Australia

    Author
    Beal, Cara
    Stewart, Rodney
    Spinks, Anneliese
    Fielding, Kelly
    Year published
    2011
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    Studies have shown that householders' perceptions of their water use are often not well matched with their actual water use. There has been less research, however, investigating whether this bias is related to specific types of end use and/or specific types of socio-demographic and socio-demographic household profiles. A high resolution smart metering study producing a detailed end use event registry as well as psycho-social and socio-demographic surveys stock inventory audits and self-reported water diaries was completed for 250 households located in South-east Queensland, Australia. The study examined the contributions ...
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    Studies have shown that householders' perceptions of their water use are often not well matched with their actual water use. There has been less research, however, investigating whether this bias is related to specific types of end use and/or specific types of socio-demographic and socio-demographic household profiles. A high resolution smart metering study producing a detailed end use event registry as well as psycho-social and socio-demographic surveys stock inventory audits and self-reported water diaries was completed for 250 households located in South-east Queensland, Australia. The study examined the contributions of end uses to total water use for each group that identified as "low", "medium" or "high" water users. Analyses were conducted to examine the socio-demographics variables such as income, percentage of water efficient stock, family size and composition that characterise each self-identified water usage group. The paper concludes with a discussion of the general characteristics (household water end use, income, family size etc.) of groups that overestimate and underestimate their water use and how this knowledge can be used to inform demand management policy such as targeted community education programmes.
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    Conference Title
    The Sixth IWA Specialist Conference on Efficient Use and Management of Water
    Publisher URI
    http://www.iwahq.org/q1/events/iwa-events/2011/the-6th-iwa-specialist-conference-on-efficient-use.html
    Subject
    Natural Resource Management
    Environmental Education and Extension
    Environmental Management
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/40875
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