Eco-friendly showers aim to lower energy and water consumption by generating smaller droplets than those produced traditional systems. To evaluate the risk of users inhaling contaminants associated with such droplets—namely, chemical components or opportunistic bacterial pathogens as Legionella—we modeled behavior aerosolized water-atomization technology at a flow rate 2.2 L/min compared result...

Understanding the idea and strategy of virtual water trade is critical for formulating informed policies to increase usage efficiency at various levels. The implementation concept as a creative water-saving technique in Egypt, however, still need comprehensive testing, research, feasibility evaluation. Egypt also requires extensive investigations, surveys, evaluations. At present, percentage su...

Using data from the 2015 Residential Water Consumption Survey, this study examines residential water-use behavior and attitudes after the recent drought in Fresno, California. Spatial autoregressive models of residential water consumption were estimated, accounting for the effects of social interactions in communities (i.e., neighborhood effects), while controlling for indoor and outdoor house ...