Optimal residential water conservation strategies considering related energy in California

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 4482-4498

  Escriva Bou, Alvar ^a,b   Lund, Jay R ^a   Pulido Velazquez, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

California; carbon footprint; greenhouse emissions; residential use; water energy nexus

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COSTS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; HOUSING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SALES; WATER CONSERVATION;

CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION STRATEGIES; CROSS-PRICE ELASTICITY; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS; RESIDENTIAL USE; TWO-STAGE OPTIMIZATION MODELS; WATER ENERGY;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC PLANNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937526481     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR016821     Document Type: Article

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