Increasing the Impact of Utah State University's Extension Water Check Program With 5-Second Metering

Authors

Mahmud Aveek, Utah State UniversityFollow
David E. Rosenberg, Utah State UniversityFollow
Camilo Bastidas, Utah State UniversityFollow
Jeffery S. Horsburgh, Utah State UniversityFollow
Belize A. Lane, Utah State UniversityFollow
Kelly Kopp, Utah State UniversityFollow
Peter Mayer, WaterDM
Joe Fazio, Flume, Inc.

Document Type

Report

Publisher

Utah State University

Publication Date

7-6-2023

First Page

1

Last Page

3

Abstract

Study Goal – Increase the volume of water saved by the Utah State University (USU) Extension landscape Water Check program because outdoor water use is the largest component of residential use with the largest opportunity to reduce use. We used 5-second water use data collected with Flume Smart Home Water Monitoring devices (Figure 1) at residential homes before and after a Water Check (Box 1; Figure 2) to answer four questions:

1. How much water did households save?
2. Which Water Check recommendations did participants implement?
3. Why did participants implement some recommendations and not others?
4. How to further reduce landscape water use?

Recommended Citation

Aveek, Mahmud; Rosenberg, David E.; Bastidas, Camilo; Horsburgh, Jeffery S.; Lane, Belize A.; Kopp, Kelly; Mayer, Peter; and Fazio, Joe, "Increasing the Impact of Utah State University's Extension Water Check Program With 5-Second Metering" (2023). Reports. Paper 681.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/water_rep/681