Keshavarzi A R, Sharifzadeh M, Kamgar Haghighi A A, Amin S, Keshtkar Sh, Bamdad A
Water Department, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, I.R. Iran.
Water Res. 2006 Mar;40(6):1173-8. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.01.021. Epub 2006 Mar 3.
Identifying the factors that affect domestic water demand and consumption is very important in management of available regional water resources. In this study, relationships between water consumption and rural household activities are determined by comparing a snapshot of water consumption with rural household behavior of low, medium and high water consumers. In addition, the factors affecting water consumption in rural households are also determined. The data for this study were collected from a survey of 653 rural households in 33 villages of Ramjerd area, Fars Province, in southern Iran, using a simple random sampling technique. The daily water consumption data for a 5-year period (1999-2004) were used. Results of the study revealed that the daily average water consumption for the area was found to be 121.7 l per person per capita per day (Lpcd) (SD = 59.2). Water consumption was also found to be significantly correlated with explanatory variables such as "household size" and "age of household's head". Finally, the results of discriminant function analysis showed that in rural households, garden size, greenhouse size, and garden watering times per month with tap treated water are associated with water consumption.
确定影响生活用水需求和消耗的因素对于区域水资源的管理非常重要。在本研究中，通过比较低、中、高用水量农村家庭的用水情况快照与农村家庭行为，确定了用水量与农村家庭活动之间的关系。此外，还确定了影响农村家庭用水量的因素。本研究的数据是通过简单随机抽样技术，对伊朗南部法尔斯省拉姆杰尔德地区33个村庄的653户农村家庭进行调查收集的。使用了5年期间（1999 - 2004年）的每日用水量数据。研究结果显示，该地区的人均每日平均用水量为每人每天121.7升（Lpcd）（标准差 = 59.2）。用水量还与“家庭规模”和“户主年龄”等解释变量显著相关。最后，判别函数分析结果表明，在农村家庭中，花园面积、温室面积以及每月用经处理的自来水浇灌花园的次数与用水量相关。
