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Water consumption and management in schools in the city of Alicante (Southern Spain) (2000-2017): Free water helps promote saving water?

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Water consumption and management in schools in the city of Alicante (Southern Spain) (2000-2017): Free water helps promote saving water?

dc.contributor.author	Morote Seguido, Álvaro Francisco
dc.contributor.author	Hernández Hernández, María
dc.contributor.author	Olcina Cantos, Jorge
dc.contributor.author	Rico, Antonio Manuel
dc.date.accessioned	2021-03-22T14:48:23Z
dc.date.available	2021-03-22T14:48:23Z
dc.date.issued	2020
dc.identifier.citation	Morote, Álvaro Francisco Hernández, María Olcina, Jorge Rico, Antonio Manuel 2020 Water consumption and management in schools in the city of Alicante (Southern Spain) (2000-2017): Free water helps promote saving water? Water 12 1 20
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10550/78312
dc.description.abstract	Studies on water in cities usually focus on household consumption. However, little attention has been given to non-household consumption and schools from a geographic perspective. The objectives of this research are to examine water consumption trends in schools in the city of Alicante (Southern Spain) between 2000¿2017, revise how water use is managed in these centers, and, lastly, examine initiatives aimed at environmental education and saving water in these schools. The results obtained from a survey of school directors indicate a low level of participation because only 14 of the 88 educational centres in the city chose to collaborate in this research. Second, and with regard to water trend consumption, in 2017, water consumption increased by 1.76% in comparison with the average for the period of 2000 to 2004, in contrast with a 38.9% fall in non-household general consumption in the city. Lastly, measures to encourage water saving and environmental education in schools are limited. This tendency is explained by the increase in the number of users over the last five years. Second, the water bill is not paid directly by schools¿ directors and, thus, `free¿ water is a factor that does not incentivise savings. A third is the little investment made in the installation of water-saving devices, water-saving plans, or action taken to promote the use of non-conventional water resources to the watering garden. Lastly, low promotion of environmental education or incentives for savings in schools.
dc.relation.ispartof	Water, 2020, num. 12, p. 1-20
dc.subject	Aigua Consum
dc.subject	Aigua Utilització
dc.subject	Escolars Salut i higiene
dc.title	Water consumption and management in schools in the city of Alicante (Southern Spain) (2000-2017): Free water helps promote saving water?
dc.type	journal article	es_ES
dc.date.updated	2021-03-22T14:48:24Z
dc.identifier.doi	10.3390/w12041052
dc.identifier.idgrec	137687
dc.rights.accessRights	open access	es_ES