Untitled DocumentDisaggregating domestic water demand: Determining socio-economic and climatic factors and trends and identifying conservation opportunities
Macro Theme Area:
Integrated Modeling [Project ID: M19]
PI:
Gary Woodard
CO-PI(s):
- none -
Basin focus:
Regional SW
Specific area in
basin /
field sites:
Metropolitan Tucson, AZ; Metropolitan Phoenix, AZ; Metropolitan Albuquerque, NM; and Metropolitan El Paso/Juarez, TX/Mexico
Summary/Goals: Econometric and engineering models of municipal water demand give general information on impacts of price, income, and weather, but do not provide adequate resolution to determine the impacts of factors such as water-using appliances, low-flow fixtures, irrigation systems and timers, and precipitation events. Water resource managers need better information to forecast municipal water demand and identify conservation opportunities.
Assesor databases for Maricopa and Pima counties are being linked with customer water usage from major municipal providers (Phoenix Water, Tucson Water, etc.) and other relevant data sources to create a household-level cross-sectional time series database. This will be used to support a number of research efforts including joint SAHRA-DCDC work and a WSP-funded project on factors of municipal water demand.
Activities and outcomes during past year:
Have received commitments of data from Pima County, Phoenix Water, and Tucson Water. Hired new database specialist who will further develop the database starting mid-May 2006.
Plans for the upcoming year:
Main structure of database to be completed by June 30, 2006. Pima County and Tucson Water data to be incorporated by end of summer 2006. Maricopa County data to be incorporated by the end of 2006.
