Urbanization, climate change, aging infrastructure, and the cost of delivering water to residential customers make it vital that we achieve a higher efficiency in the management of urban water resources. In the last decade, several detailed water end use monitoring studies have been proposed to advance water demand management and promote conservation. Recently, a team of researchers at USU collected and analyzed a high temporal resolution (4 -second) dataset for 31 single family residential properties in Logan and Providence, Utah. We used water end use events extracted from the high temporal resolution dataset to examine indoor and outdoor residential water use at the household level. We identified and classified end uses of water for each property and analyzed monthly water use records to understand how water use varies for users at different levels of consumption. Our results indicate that indoor water use is influenced more by the frequency of use than by the characteristics of water using fixtures. Additionally, we observed variations in indoor water use volume, timing, and distribution of end uses at properties with longer data collection periods. We illustrate opportunities to conserve water indoors and outdoors through adoption of more efficient fixtures and promoting conservation behaviors.
Camilo J. Bastidas Pacheco
Camilo J. Bastidas Pacheco is a postdoctoral researcher at the Utah Water Research Laboratory at Utah State University. He got his PhD. at Utah State University with research focused on developing tools to collect and manage high-temporal resolution water use data. He has a master's degree in Water Management and Hydrological Science from Texas A&M University, and a bachelor's degree in Hydrometeorological Engineering from Universidad Central de Venezuela. He has worked in research institutions, universities, international organizations, and hydrological services in several countries.
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