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Making Good Technology Better to Enhance Water Conservation
Author(s) -
Davenport Matt
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2012.tb08846.x
Subject(s) - landscaping , water conservation , water consumption , lawn , agency (philosophy) , population , population growth , business , consumption (sociology) , water use , environmental science , environmental planning , water resources , natural resource economics , environmental protection , water resource management , environmental engineering , ecology , economics , environmental health , medicine , philosophy , social science , epistemology , sociology , biology
Approximately 26 bil gal of water is consumed daily in the United States according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The figures vary, but most experts agree that between 50 and 70% of residential water consumption is used to water landscaping ‐ and most people overwater. As a result, in the face of increasing demand resulting from population growth and drought conditions in many parts of the United States, water utilities and their customers are looking for tools they can use to minimize the overapplication of water to their lawns and landscaping.