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An experimental test of voluntary strategies to promote urban water demand management

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Title
An experimental test of voluntary strategies to promote urban water demand management
Published in
Journal of Environmental Management, November 2012
DOI 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.10.027
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Kelly S. Fielding, Anneliese Spinks, Sally Russell, Rod McCrea, Rodney Stewart, John Gardner

Abstract

In light of the current and future threats to global water security the current research focuses on trialing interventions to promote urban water conservation. We report an experimental study designed to test the long-term impact of three different interventions on household water consumption in South East Queensland. Participants from 221 households were recruited and completed an initial survey, and their houses were fitted with smart water meters which measured total water usage at 5 s intervals. Households were allocated into one of four conditions: a control group and three interventions groups (water saving information alone, information plus a descriptive norm manipulation, and information plus tailored end-user feedback). The study is the first to use smart water metering technology as a tool for behaviour change as well as a way to test the effectiveness of demand management interventions. Growth curve modelling revealed that compared to the control, the three intervention groups all showed reduced levels of household consumption (an average reduction of 11.3 L per person per day) over the course of the interventions, and for some months afterwards. All interventions led to significant water savings, but long-term household usage data showed that in all cases, the reduction in water use resulting from the interventions eventually dissipated, with water consumption returning to pre-intervention levels after approximately 12 months. Implications for water demand management programs are discussed.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 <1%
United States 2 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Switzerland 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Belgium 1 <1%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 370 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 85 22%
Student > Ph. D. Student 72 19%
Researcher 58 15%
Student > Bachelor 25 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 21 6%
Other 63 17%
Unknown 57 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Engineering 67 18%
Environmental Science 63 17%
Social Sciences 38 10%
Psychology 31 8%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 24 6%
Other 81 21%
Unknown 77 20%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 February 2020.
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#14,600,874
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Outputs from Journal of Environmental Management
#3,143
of 6,438 outputs
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#164,364
of 284,362 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Environmental Management
#23
of 38 outputs
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