Journal article
Determinants of residential water consumption: Evidence and analysis from a 10-country household survey
R Quentin Grafton, Michael B Ward, Hang To, Tom Kompas
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH | AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION | Published : 2011
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009685
Abstract
Household survey data for 10 countries are used to quantify and test the importance of price and nonprice factors on residential water demand and investigate complementarities between household water-saving behaviors and the average volumetric price of water. Results show (1) the average volumetric price of water is an important predictor of differences in residential consumption in models that include household characteristics, water-saving devices, attitudinal characteristics and environmental concerns as explanatory variables; (2) of all water-saving devices, only a low volume/dual-flush toilet has a statistically significant and negative effect on water consumption; and (3) environmental..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful for the helpful comments provided by the reviewers and also by Nick Johnstone and Yse Serret. Partial funding for this research was provided by the OECD under contract JA48436 and the Commonwealth Environmental Research Facility. All views expressed in the paper are solely attributable to the authors and not to the funding sources or their employees.