Deadline: 7-May-25
The Water Research Foundation (WRF) is pleased to announce the applications for the Per Capita Water Use Calculation project.
Project Objectives
- Understand how per capita water use is calculated and measured throughout North America and how it is used as a metric for comparison and water resource planning.
- Evaluate the risks and benefits associated with different methodologies for per capita water calculations and the risks and benefits of standardizing the calculation.
- Develop a framework, definitions, and standard methodology for calculating per capita water use that can be used universally, allowing for effective comparisons and planning.
- Apply this framework and methodology to a set of water providers.
Funding Information
- Applicants may request up to $420,000.00 in WRF funds for this project.
- The anticipated period of performance for this project is 15-18 months.
Expected Tasks
- The following are the expected tasks needed to complete this project: Understanding GPCD:
- Review the literature on per capita urban water use. How is this metric used by water providers today?
- Identify and understand previous efforts to evaluate per capita water use calculations, including a review of similar and related WRF projects.
- Review different forms of the per capita use calculation, including total/gross per capita use, residential per capita, residential indoor per capita, and consumptive and non-consumptive use. The review should include local and state level policies, calculations and assumptions.
- Identify the variations in population calculation and data sources for population estimates.
- Identify areas where specific per capita reporting is required by state or governing agency.
- Identify and evaluate per capita water use calculation methods across North America (This should be a representative sample of utilities throughout North America and not all utilities).
- Identify and evaluate risks and benefits for each method of calculation.
- Identify the benefits and risks associated with not having a standard methodology of per capita water use calculation.
- Identify the benefits and risks associated with developing a standard per capita water calculation methodology that could be used across North America.
Evaluate the drivers of per capita water use calculation and what impacts change within specific methodologies.
Eligibility Criteria
- Proposals will be accepted from both U.S.-based and non-U.S.-based entities, including educational institutions, research organizations, governmental agencies, and consultants or other for-profit entities.
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