Analysis and characterization of exterior water use demands of single family homes within the Tucson AMA
Approximately 2.2 million acre-feet of groundwater are withdrawn from central and southern Arizona's aquifers every year and never replenished. Areas in Arizona where groundwater mining is most severe are termed Active Management Areas (AMAs) by the 1980 Groundwater Management Act (GMA)....
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Other Authors: | |
Language: | en_US |
Published: |
The University of Arizona.
1999
|
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626881 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/626881 |
id |
ndltd-arizona.edu-oai-arizona.openrepository.com-10150-626881 |
---|---|
record_format |
oai_dc |
spelling |
ndltd-arizona.edu-oai-arizona.openrepository.com-10150-6268812018-03-02T03:00:48Z Analysis and characterization of exterior water use demands of single family homes within the Tucson AMA Craft, Martha Everett Craft, Martha Everett Bradley, Michael D. Bradley, Michael D. Approximately 2.2 million acre-feet of groundwater are withdrawn from central and southern Arizona's aquifers every year and never replenished. Areas in Arizona where groundwater mining is most severe are termed Active Management Areas (AMAs) by the 1980 Groundwater Management Act (GMA). This piece of legislation was enacted to address the severe groundwater overdrafting occurring. The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is the state agency that works via Management Plans to bring the AMA' s closer to their goals set by the GMA. The Tucson AMA' s goal is to reach safe yield by the year 2025. With the agricultural and industrial sectors' water use holding steady or declining, a critical part of the Tucson AMA's Management Plan is the Municipal Conservation Program, of which residential water use is a key part. This study analyzes and characterizes the exterior water use of single family homeowners within the Tucson AMA. A survey was mailed to a random sample of Tucson Water and Metro Water customers. Descriptive statistics were performed on the survey data and point estimates provided to the DWR to update their exterior water use model for the Third Management Plan. Further analysis on the data indicated that water use in single family homes does increase over time due to landscaping trends. Several variables such as the value of the home, the nun1ber of plants on the lot, the number of children and whether or not a pool is part of the landscape, influence the water demands of single family homes. 1999 text Thesis-Reproduction (electronic) http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626881 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/626881 en_US Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. The University of Arizona. |
collection |
NDLTD |
language |
en_US |
sources |
NDLTD |
description |
Approximately 2.2 million acre-feet of groundwater are withdrawn from central
and southern Arizona's aquifers every year and never replenished. Areas in Arizona
where groundwater mining is most severe are termed Active Management Areas (AMAs)
by the 1980 Groundwater Management Act (GMA). This piece of legislation was
enacted to address the severe groundwater overdrafting occurring. The Department of
Water Resources (DWR) is the state agency that works via Management Plans to bring
the AMA' s closer to their goals set by the GMA. The Tucson AMA' s goal is to reach
safe yield by the year 2025. With the agricultural and industrial sectors' water use
holding steady or declining, a critical part of the Tucson AMA's Management Plan is the
Municipal Conservation Program, of which residential water use is a key part. This study
analyzes and characterizes the exterior water use of single family homeowners within the
Tucson AMA. A survey was mailed to a random sample of Tucson Water and Metro
Water customers. Descriptive statistics were performed on the survey data and point
estimates provided to the DWR to update their exterior water use model for the Third
Management Plan. Further analysis on the data indicated that water use in single family
homes does increase over time due to landscaping trends. Several variables such as the
value of the home, the nun1ber of plants on the lot, the number of children and whether or
not a pool is part of the landscape, influence the water demands of single family homes. |
author2 |
Bradley, Michael D. |
author_facet |
Bradley, Michael D. Craft, Martha Everett Craft, Martha Everett |
author |
Craft, Martha Everett Craft, Martha Everett |
spellingShingle |
Craft, Martha Everett Craft, Martha Everett Analysis and characterization of exterior water use demands of single family homes within the Tucson AMA |
author_sort |
Craft, Martha Everett |
title |
Analysis and characterization of exterior water use demands of single family homes within the Tucson AMA |
title_short |
Analysis and characterization of exterior water use demands of single family homes within the Tucson AMA |
title_full |
Analysis and characterization of exterior water use demands of single family homes within the Tucson AMA |
title_fullStr |
Analysis and characterization of exterior water use demands of single family homes within the Tucson AMA |
title_full_unstemmed |
Analysis and characterization of exterior water use demands of single family homes within the Tucson AMA |
title_sort |
analysis and characterization of exterior water use demands of single family homes within the tucson ama |
publisher |
The University of Arizona. |
publishDate |
1999 |
url |
http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626881 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/626881 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT craftmarthaeverett analysisandcharacterizationofexteriorwaterusedemandsofsinglefamilyhomeswithinthetucsonama AT craftmarthaeverett analysisandcharacterizationofexteriorwaterusedemandsofsinglefamilyhomeswithinthetucsonama |
_version_ |
1718615499552587776 |