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Building an Interdisciplinary Research Program in Water Conservation

Building an Interdisciplinary Research Program in Water Conservation. بناء برنامج بحثي متعدد التخصصات لترشيد استهلاك المياه. Dr. David E. Rosenberg Dr. Joanna Endter -Wada Dr. Arthur J. Caplan Diana T. Glenn Guy Ballard Katie Davis Henderson March 31, 2011 Efficient 2011

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Building an Interdisciplinary Research Program in Water Conservation

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  1. Building an Interdisciplinary Research Program in Water Conservation بناء برنامج بحثي متعدد التخصصات لترشيد استهلاك المياه Dr. David E. Rosenberg Dr. Joanna Endter-Wada Dr. Arthur J. Caplan Diana T. Glenn Guy Ballard Katie Davis Henderson March 31, 2011 Efficient 2011 Dead Sea, Jordan

  2. Agenda • Motivation • Interdisciplinary approach • Preliminary findings • Next steps • USU conservation research

  3. Motivation • Water-scarce, arid western U.S. • Rapid population growth • Many cities implement individualized conservation programs • What motivates and empowers conservation behavior? • How to control across locations & program types? • Water volume saved? • Move beyond existing paradigms Demand ? Volume Supply Year

  4. Interdisciplinary Approach • Empirical, case study, and modeling methods • Work with households and cities • Quantitative and qualitative primary time-series data • Design multi-year study • USU seed grant

  5. Activities-to-date • Key informant interviews (32 managers) • Focus groups (5) • Test recruitment (41 hh) • Invitation • Preliminary information sharing • Will you participate? • Communication method • Secured IRB approval • Database design

  6. Example information sharing Irrigated (culinary) Not irrigated (hardscape)

  7. Example information sharing Irrigated (culinary) Not irrigated (hardscape)

  8. Preliminary Results • Willingness to participate • Differences statistically insignificant across interaction methods [Fisher Exact p=0.258;0.438]

  9. Conservation program choices

  10. Additional lessons learned • Price increase can prompt policy dilemma • Receptivity depends on program framing • Respondents interested in • water conservation • $$ compensation • Strong support from cities • 2 cities now collaborating • 3rd conservancy district likely will • Verified ability to conduct larger, multi-year study

  11. Next Steps • Secure funding • U.S. National Science Foundation (submitted Jan., 2011) • U.S. Bureau of Reclamation • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency • Western Governor’s Association • Recruit and train student researcher team • Develop cyber-infrastructure

  12. USU Conservation Research Environment and Society Plant, Soils, and Climate • Institutional conservation Civil and Environmental Engineering • Turfgrass • Irrigation efficiency • Estimate and verify savings • Energy and water savings • Capacity to conserve • Landscape water checks • Landscape lifecycle analysis • Recycling Economics USU Extension

  13. ?? Questions ?? Dr. David E. Rosenberg david.rosenberg@usu.edu http://www.engr.usu.edu/cee/faculty/derosenberg/

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