Demand

Update to the Drought Code of Practice 2013

Reference: 23/WR/02/19
ISBN: 978-1-84057-984-0
Published Date: 23/10/2023

This report is an update to the Drought Code of Practice to incorporate the experience arising from the 2022 drought.  Consideration has been given to new channels of communication such as social media that was not available in 2013, and agreement has been reached on how to deal with new uses of water such as domestic hot tubs.

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Review of 2022 Drought Demand Management Measures - Summary Report

Reference: 23/WR/02/18
ISBN: 978-1-84057-988-8
Published Date: 13/10/2023

This study was to quantify the change in water use due to the implementation of drought measures during 2022 including the communication campaigns delivered by all companies and the Temporary Use Bans introduced by six water companies in August 2022. 

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Improved Understanding of current and future household consumption

Reference: 21/WR/01/17
ISBN: 978-1-84057-916-1
Published Date: 28/04/2021

The UKWIR project ‘Improving Understanding of Household Consumption’ collated and analysed water metering data to explore patterns in demand for water. The project used innovative data analysis methods to separate measurements of individual household use into ten weekday and ten weekend profiles. These were then interpreted with reference to environmental and socio-economic factors and their influence on customer behaviour. Changes to patterns of water demand through time were also explored. The project report included:

  • Detail of the processes applied for data collection and management, the methodology used to partition households into ‘clusters’ and the results of the data interpretation.
  • Guidance for water companies and other organisations on the implementation of the methods presented, including supporting information on which methods to use and practical guidance.
  • Recommendations for the development of a longitudinal study of household data, to ensure that data collected in future are suitable for data analysis.

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