Identifying the Microcomponents of Domestic Water use in Kuwait
EML develops new capacity for the high-resolution monitoring of domestic water use in a challenging environment and for identifying the details of how water is used in large Kuwaiti households.
The project was carried out in collaboration with the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research on behalf of the Ministry of Ministry of Electricity and Water and Renewable Energy, Kuwait
The project was carried out in collaboration with the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research on behalf of the Ministry of Ministry of Electricity and Water and Renewable Energy, Kuwait
Project Highlights
•Conventional approaches to microcomponent identification are typically used for houses with up to 5–6 occupants where clear repeating patterns in the flow signal can be identified and associated with particular water use devices.
•Kuwaiti houses can have 15-20 occupants which presented a major challenge for microcomponent identification.
•Ultrasonic clamp-on water meters were installed on the supply pipes of 60 houses to provide high resolution data on water use.
•Innovative sound monitoring was employed in house rooms where water use devices were located to provide supplementary data for microcomponent identification.
•The headline result was that the mean domestic water use in the study area was 246±27 (95% CI) litres per capita per day (lcd), with the largest use for showering (31%).
•Conventional approaches to microcomponent identification are typically used for houses with up to 5–6 occupants where clear repeating patterns in the flow signal can be identified and associated with particular water use devices.
•Kuwaiti houses can have 15-20 occupants which presented a major challenge for microcomponent identification.
•Ultrasonic clamp-on water meters were installed on the supply pipes of 60 houses to provide high resolution data on water use.
•Innovative sound monitoring was employed in house rooms where water use devices were located to provide supplementary data for microcomponent identification.
•The headline result was that the mean domestic water use in the study area was 246±27 (95% CI) litres per capita per day (lcd), with the largest use for showering (31%).
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Analysis of Flow and Ambient Sound Data to Identify the Microcomponents of Domestic Water Consumption for Large Households
Analysis of Flow and Ambient Sound Data to Identify the Microcomponents of Domestic Water Consumption for Large Households
