TY - JOUR
T1 - Water Source as a Driver of Landscape Irrigation Conservation Behavior
T2 - A Statewide Florida Study
AU - Warner, Laura A.
AU - Chaudhary, Anil Kumar
AU - Krimsky, Lisa
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Center for Landscape Conservation and Ecology, the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Hatch project 1018367, and the USDA AES project (NC1190).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 American Society of Civil Engineers.
PY - 2020/8/1
Y1 - 2020/8/1
N2 - Using the water source as a factor, a typology of residential irrigation water users was developed by segmenting 3,310 Floridians who used irrigation by their irrigation water source (i.e., well water, reclaimed water, and city water). Based on three years of survey data, there was a moderate association between living in a homeowners' association and using city or reclaimed water for irrigation. There was an association between the water source and engagement in nine conservation behaviors. Well water users were less likely to use recycled water, use a rain sensor, calibrate their sprinklers, and use smart irrigation controls. Reclaimed water users were more likely to use recycled water and use a rain sensor and also less likely to have retrofitted a portion of the landscape so that it is not irrigated and have turned off zones or capped irrigation heads for established plants. City water users had the strongest personal and social norms surrounding water conservation, although this did not translate into conservation as the theory indicates it should have. The findings reveal that identifying the irrigation water source can provide meaningful insights into outdoor water use and should be integrated into residential water conservation interventions.
AB - Using the water source as a factor, a typology of residential irrigation water users was developed by segmenting 3,310 Floridians who used irrigation by their irrigation water source (i.e., well water, reclaimed water, and city water). Based on three years of survey data, there was a moderate association between living in a homeowners' association and using city or reclaimed water for irrigation. There was an association between the water source and engagement in nine conservation behaviors. Well water users were less likely to use recycled water, use a rain sensor, calibrate their sprinklers, and use smart irrigation controls. Reclaimed water users were more likely to use recycled water and use a rain sensor and also less likely to have retrofitted a portion of the landscape so that it is not irrigated and have turned off zones or capped irrigation heads for established plants. City water users had the strongest personal and social norms surrounding water conservation, although this did not translate into conservation as the theory indicates it should have. The findings reveal that identifying the irrigation water source can provide meaningful insights into outdoor water use and should be integrated into residential water conservation interventions.
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U2 - 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0001238
DO - 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0001238
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85085576851
SN - 0733-9496
VL - 146
JO - Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
JF - Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
IS - 8
M1 - 04020061
ER -