The effectiveness of water conservation measures on summer residential water use in Los Angeles, California

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 94, Issue , 2015, Pages 136-145

  Mini, C ^a   Hogue, T S ^a,b   Pincetl, S ^c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Drought; Irrigation restrictions; Residential water use; Water savings

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CONSERVATION; DROUGHT; HOUSING; LINEAR REGRESSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE INFORMATION; CONSERVATION MEASURES; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; WATER - SAVINGS; WATER RESTRICTIONS; WATER USE;

WATER SUPPLY;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DROUGHT; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COST; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PREDICTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SUMMER; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; SACRAMENTO DELTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84920173160     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2014.10.005     Document Type: Article

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