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dc.contributor.authorBeal, Cara
dc.contributor.authorStewart, Rodney
dc.contributor.authorSpinks, Anneliese
dc.contributor.authorFielding, Kelly
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:02:57Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:02:57Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2011-09-27T06:57:19Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/40875
dc.description.abstractStudies 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.
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherInternational water Association
dc.publisher.placeJordan
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.iwahq.org/q1/events/iwa-events/2011/the-6th-iwa-specialist-conference-on-efficient-use.html
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofconferencenameThe Sixth IWA Specialist Conference on Efficient Use and Management of Water
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitleThe Sixth IWA Specialist Conference on Efficient Use and Management of Water
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2011-03-29
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2011-04-02
dc.relation.ispartoflocationDead Sea, Jordan
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNatural Resource Management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental Education and Extension
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental Management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode050209
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode050203
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode050205
dc.titleBelieved versus actual hosehold water use: disaggregating end uses to inform water conservation attitudes in Qld, Australia
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE2 - Conferences (Non Refereed)
dc.type.codeE - Conference Publications
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Engineering
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorStewart, Rodney A.
gro.griffith.authorBeal, Cara D.


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