Evaluating the efficacy of an information-based residential outdoor water conservation program

Landon, Adam C.; Woodward, Richard T.; Kyle, Gerard T.; Kaiser, Ronald A.

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.05.196

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“…Furthermore, Katz et al [5] suggest that this might be due to the status of water as a basic needs resource, which may reduce the effectiveness of freedom-restricting language as implemented in an assertive tone. The relative success of the suggestive, or persuasive, message was also found by Landon et al [6] representing the importance of language to achieve efficient households' residential water use.…”

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confidence: 56%

“…The positive impacts were enabled through intensive discussions as part of the water saving campaign during the FGDs and the water saving activities that should be independently performed by participants at home. Other contributing factors to the success of the water conservation program come from the use of suggestive message as suggested by Katz et al [5] and Landon [6] and the accommodation of participants' need to have information on water saving in the agricultural sector; which was accommodated in the third FGD. It is recommended that similar program in the future follow the same pattern to achieve the same success; and even beyond.…”

Section: Third Focus Group Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Why should we save water? Education on water conservation for villagers of Tianyar, Bali

Adhariani

2018

E3S Web Conf.

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This study examined the household water conservation program for villagers of Tianyar, Bali who experienced water scarcity in arid regions. The educational program consists of several activities followed by three focus group discussions to develop community awareness on the methods to save water for household consumption. The results indicate the rising awareness among villagers on the importance of water conservation and methods to save water while maintaining the healthy living standard.

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Section: Literature Reviewsupporting

confidence: 56%

Section: Third Focus Group Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Why should we save water? Education on water conservation for villagers of Tianyar, Bali

Adhariani

2018

E3S Web Conf.

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“…One of the main assumptions of smart metering research is that noticeable water consumption data can further encourage users to preserve the resource (Landon et al, 2018;Nguyen et al, 2018). 5 In Switzerland and Spain, relevant projects have focused on stimulating water users to save water by means of "a sociotechnical information system", 6 which provides personalized feedback on water consumption (Novak et al, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Different authors have provided evidence and insight into understanding the effects of norms, normative social influence and normative appeals in water conservation (Bernedo et al, 2014;Corral-Verdugo and Frías-Armenta, 2006;Landon et al, 2018;Lindenberg and Steg, 2007).…”

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Cross-country evidence for social dimensions of urban water consumption during droughts

Echeverría

2020

Journal of Cleaner Production

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A systematic literature review is carried out to understand the social dimensions driving the adoption of water saving behaviors in urban households. Salient aspects of the problem correspond to price elasticity of water demand, citizens' awareness of water value and water conservation intentions, the management of which is generally tackled through water price and non-price approaches. However, the evidence falls short to explain the social drivers and inhibitors of stable water consumption reductions. After reviewing 65 papers documenting research conducted in North America, Australia, United Kingdom, Middle East, Mexico, China and Japan, a series of categories of analysis drawn from the literature are introduced as the social factors that influence water conservation reduction. Although the brink of the state of the art mentions the existence of an intention e behavior gap, sustainability requires further aspirations than short-term water consumption reduction by households. The long-term challenges of sustainability require the understanding of intention e behavior e stable reduction gaps. Further research is needed to fill this double gap. Understanding the determinants and insights behind the dissipation (or stabilization) of water consumption reductions through time are certainly rich areas of analysis for the social sciences.

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“…a study regarding savings reported that peer information via text led low-saving individuals to further decrease their savings [12], and another study regarding health reported that peer information sent via text led low-performers to use health equipment less [13]. Thus, to create more effective usage feedback interventions, attempts have been made to design visual feedback indicating water usage patterns of individual, average household, and efficient neighbouring household in the form of bar charts [2,11,[14][15][16], emoticons [2,6,9,[14][15][16][17][18], and circles whose size reflects the quantity consumed [19], as well as competitive framing [20]. Most of these studies reported a successful decrease in water usage by 'high consumers' and successful control of the boomerang effect (i.e.…”

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Water demand management: Visualising a public good

2020

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Recent studies on water demand management show that providing visual information on water usage along with social comparisons with neighbouring households resulted in more efficient water usage. However, social comparisons can be discomforting for participants, especially in the case of downward or negative evaluations. To avoid this, some studies promote the use of social identity, a social norm approach that avoids comparisons. Past studies using social comparison used infographics, whereas other study types have used only textual (non-graphic) information. Therefore, in this study, we created a visualisation of water usage to highlight the importance of water as a shared resource, that is, as a public good, and feedback over six months according to the participants' water usage. A difference-indifference analysis indicated that the feedback was marginally significant in decreasing water consumption immediately and continuously, especially for the middle and low use households, during the summer months, which is a period of perceived water shortage. From the questionnaire survey, we found that households felt that they determined their water usage based on their preference and were satisfied with the outcome.

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Evaluating the efficacy of an information-based residential outdoor water conservation program

Cited by 24 publications

References 30 publications

Why should we save water? Education on water conservation for villagers of Tianyar, Bali

Why should we save water? Education on water conservation for villagers of Tianyar, Bali

Cross-country evidence for social dimensions of urban water consumption during droughts

Water demand management: Visualising a public good

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