{"id":122421,"date":"2012-08-27T09:25:22","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T09:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/residential-water-consumption-in-redlands-ca\/"},"modified":"2012-08-27T09:25:22","modified_gmt":"2012-08-27T09:25:22","slug":"residential-water-consumption-in-redlands-ca","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/water\/residential-water-consumption-in-redlands-ca","title":{"rendered":"Residential water consumption in Redlands, CA"},"author":4911,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23051],"tags":[24981,39311,37771,23411],"industry":[],"product":[],"class_list":["post-122421","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-water","tag-hydro","tag-redlands","tag-water","tag-water-resources"],"acf":{"short_description":"by Rafael Fernandes\n\n The City of Redlands must lower its water consumption by 20% by the year 2020 or risk losing state water grants.\u00a0 ...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>by Rafael Fernandes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin-right: 10px\" src=\"http:\/\/downloads.esri.com\/blogs\/hydro\/RedlandsWater\/thumb2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"143\" \/>The City of Redlands must <strong>lower its water consumption by 20% by the year 2020<\/strong> or risk losing state water grants.\u00a0 To tackle this problem, Redlands wants a better understanding of how residential water is currently being consumed. <strong>Income, population density, and vegetation<\/strong> were explored as possible indicators of water consumption.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Required layers<\/strong>: Imagery and census data<br \/>\nThe imagery was used to create a <strong>vegetation index<\/strong>, which defined a range of high to low vegetation. Census data was used to collect <strong>income<\/strong> and <strong>population density<\/strong> information.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/downloads.esri.com\/blogs\/hydro\/RedlandsWater\/water.jpg\" alt=\"Water consumption in Redlands, CA\" width=\"697\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Once\u00a0 all of the data were processed, a correlation analysis was used to identify which of these three factors was the <strong>best indicator for water consumption<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/downloads.esri.com\/blogs\/hydro\/RedlandsWater\/veg.jpg\" alt=\"Vegetation in Redlands, CA. Vertical axis = water consumption\" width=\"635\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/downloads.esri.com\/blogs\/hydro\/RedlandsWater\/pop.jpg\" alt=\"Population in Redlands, CA. Vertical axis = Water consumption\" width=\"664\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/downloads.esri.com\/blogs\/hydro\/RedlandsWater\/income2.jpg\" alt=\"Median household income, Redlands, CA. Vertical axis = water consumption\" width=\"640\" height=\"446\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Population density and household income were good indicators of water consumption , however, <strong>vegetation was a significantly better indicator<\/strong>.\u00a0 The vegetation may be a good indicator because Redlands is a part of the chaparral eco-region, which is known for dry climate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>With this information, Redlands can now target areas with the highest vegetation and highest water consumption to help lower their total consumption.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/downloads.esri.com\/blogs\/hydro\/RedlandsWater\/final.jpg\" alt=\"Vegetation index &amp; water consumption\" width=\"545\" height=\"470\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To see this study, or if you&#8217;d like more information, please <strong>contact Rafael Fernandes <\/strong>(<a href=\"mailto:RafaelFernandes103@gmail.com\">RafaelFernandes103@gmail.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":4911,"user_firstname":"Caitlin","user_lastname":"Scopel","nickname":"Caitlin Scopel","user_nicename":"coscopel","display_name":"Caitlin Scopel","user_email":"CScopel@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:16:31","user_description":"Senior Project Manager for the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World Environment Team. 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