Estimation of residential water demand: a state-of-the-art review

By Fernando Arbués, M. García-valiñas, Roberto Martínez-Espiñeira *. 2003

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This paper surveys the main issues in the literature on residential water demand. Several tariff types and their objectives are analyzed. Then, the main contributions to the literature on residential water demand estimation are reviewed, with particular attention to variables, specification model, data set, and the most common econometric problems. The paper concludes with comments on future trends and a summary of the contents of the study.

Subfields: Civil and Structural Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Water Science and Technology

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Household Size and Residential Water Demand: An Empirical Approach (2010, background): “…with differences in the size of the household and socioeconomic characteristics such as income, age distribution and household preferences towards water use and conservation (Arbués et al. 2003; Worthington and Hoffmann 2008), like energy residential demand (Madlener 1996; Espey and Espey 2004).”
Hydro-economic models: concepts, design, applications, and future prospects. (2009, background): “Including economic water demands in addition to costs/benefits distinguishes hydroeconomic models from purely engineering models that maximize profit (e.g. hydropower operation) or minimize capital and/or operating costs.”
Is all domestic water consumption sensitive to price control? (2004, background): “As shown by surveys such as Arbúes et al. (2003) and Dalhuisen (2003), most studies agree on a significant but moderate effect of price on water consumption.”
Determinants of residential water consumption: Evidence and analysis from a 10‐country household survey (2011, background): “The finding that the price elasticity of demand can be greater in the long run is especially important for water authorities and utilities when they evaluate the effectiveness of raising the volumetric price of water on water consumption [Nauges and Thomas, 2003; Arbues et al., 2004]. [11] High-inco”
An Estimation of Residential Water Demand Using Co-Integration and Error Correction Techniques (2007, background): “In small samples, the most common Dickey-Fuller tests above can suffer from lack of power to reject the null hypothesis of non-stationarity (Baum, 2001; Eguía and Echevarría, 2004). Several complementary tests can be used that alleviate this problem. For example, the Dickey—Fuller Generalised Least ”
Effect of price information on residential water demand (2006, neutral): “…communityrelated components of per capita consumption that may be correlated with community-related 17 Stevens et al. (1992) find that higher frequency billing decreases price elasticity while Kulshreshtha (1996) did not find conclusive results on billing frequency (see Arbués et al., 2003).”
Price impact on urban residential water demand: A dynamic panel data approach (2004, background): “The main issues of the price specification controversy are reviewed by Arbués et al. [2003]. In the demand model proposed, several price specifications are used.”
Water demand management research: A psychological perspective (2010, neutral): “[36] There is a large body of literature in water resources management that examines the influence of contextual factors on water conservation behavior (for reviews, see Arbués et al. [2003], Espey et al.”