Two years of COVID restrictions: A lesson from water demand data
The long period of great fragility experienced by the lockdown has strained entire countries. In response to COVID-19, Italy performed stay-at-home orders to attenuate disease spread, provoking drastic changes in all aspects of users' behaviour, particularly affecting water demand. A dataset of...
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| author | Gabriella Balacco Audrey Maria Noemi Martellotta Vito Iacobellis Alberto Ferruccio Piccinni |
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| description | The long period of great fragility experienced by the lockdown has strained entire countries. In response to COVID-19, Italy performed stay-at-home orders to attenuate disease spread, provoking drastic changes in all aspects of users' behaviour, particularly affecting water demand. A dataset of hourly water demand for 2019, 2020, and 2021, related to five Italian towns permitted to observe water consumption changes. Trends highlight a general decrease in water consumption, linked to the strict restrictions imposed and a morning peak shift. At the end of the strict quarantine regulations, water consumption did not return to pre-pandemic values because COVID-19 has led to a change in lifestyle.
HIGHLIGHTS
The study compares the demand for drinking water over three years, two during the pandemic and the previous one, for five population centres in Italy.;
The impact of COVID-19 on water consumption is evident in a change in user habits.;
Reduced commuting and the closure of a huge commercial area impacted the demand for drinking water.; |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a1238482bb964025ab7953252d6c3dee2023-04-07T15:15:28ZengIWA PublishingWater Supply1606-97491607-07982023-02-0123294895910.2166/ws.2023.004004Two years of COVID restrictions: A lesson from water demand dataGabriella Balacco0Audrey Maria Noemi Martellotta1Vito Iacobellis2Alberto Ferruccio Piccinni3 Department of Civil, Environmental, Land, Building Engineering and Chemistry, Polytechnic University of Bari, Bari, Italy Department of Civil, Environmental, Land, Building Engineering and Chemistry, Polytechnic University of Bari, Bari, Italy Department of Civil, Environmental, Land, Building Engineering and Chemistry, Polytechnic University of Bari, Bari, Italy Department of Civil, Environmental, Land, Building Engineering and Chemistry, Polytechnic University of Bari, Bari, Italy The long period of great fragility experienced by the lockdown has strained entire countries. In response to COVID-19, Italy performed stay-at-home orders to attenuate disease spread, provoking drastic changes in all aspects of users' behaviour, particularly affecting water demand. A dataset of hourly water demand for 2019, 2020, and 2021, related to five Italian towns permitted to observe water consumption changes. Trends highlight a general decrease in water consumption, linked to the strict restrictions imposed and a morning peak shift. At the end of the strict quarantine regulations, water consumption did not return to pre-pandemic values because COVID-19 has led to a change in lifestyle. HIGHLIGHTS The study compares the demand for drinking water over three years, two during the pandemic and the previous one, for five population centres in Italy.; The impact of COVID-19 on water consumption is evident in a change in user habits.; Reduced commuting and the closure of a huge commercial area impacted the demand for drinking water.;http://ws.iwaponline.com/content/23/2/948covid-19users' habitwater drinking demand |
| spellingShingle | Gabriella Balacco Audrey Maria Noemi Martellotta Vito Iacobellis Alberto Ferruccio Piccinni Two years of COVID restrictions: A lesson from water demand data Water Supply covid-19 users' habit water drinking demand |
| title | Two years of COVID restrictions: A lesson from water demand data |
| title_full | Two years of COVID restrictions: A lesson from water demand data |
| title_fullStr | Two years of COVID restrictions: A lesson from water demand data |
| title_full_unstemmed | Two years of COVID restrictions: A lesson from water demand data |
| title_short | Two years of COVID restrictions: A lesson from water demand data |
| title_sort | two years of covid restrictions a lesson from water demand data |
| topic | covid-19 users' habit water drinking demand |
| url | http://ws.iwaponline.com/content/23/2/948 |
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