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DESCRIPTION:Peyman Yousefi Dissertation Defense - Residential Water Use\nA
 ttend Peyman Yousefi's dissertation defense for "Beyond the Averages: Hete
 rogeneity in Residential Water Use in an Arid Region" on Friday\, November
  20th at 9:00 AM.\n\nLocation: Online\n\nFormat: Microsoft Teams\n\nFacult
 y advisors: \n\n- Rubab Saher\, Ph.D. (Department of Forestry & Natural Re
 sources)\n\n- David J. Yu\, Ph.D. (Lyles School of Civil and Construction 
 Engineering)\n\nWater conservation is a growing challenge in arid cities l
 ike Las Vegas\, where a large share of residential water is used outdoors.
  Yet\, not all households use water in the same way. Some experience signi
 ficant increases during summer\, while others maintain relatively consiste
 nt consumption throughout the year. These differences are often overlooked
  when water management decisions rely on citywide averages.\n\nThis resear
 ch addresses this heterogeneity by looking beyond those averages to unders
 tand how residential water use varies across households and neighborhoods\
 , and what factors are associated with these differences. Using a multi-me
 thod approach that combines large-scale clustering\, machine learning\, st
 atistical modeling\, and remote sensing\, the study analyzes water use rec
 ords from approximately 280\,000 households between 2015 and 2020\, linked
  with property characteristics\, hydrometeorological conditions\, socioeco
 nomic information\, and aerial imagery.\n\nThe research explores three key
  questions: How do household water-use patterns differ and change over tim
 e? What factors are associated with outdoor water consumption across neigh
 borhoods? And how does the relationship between residential vegetation and
  water use vary among properties?\n\nBy uncovering these differences\, the
  research aims to provide a more detailed understanding of residential wat
 er demand and help inform more targeted\, data-driven approaches to water 
 conservation and planning.\nMore info: https://ag.purdue.edu/events/depart
 ment/fnr/2026/11/yousefi-peyman-defense.html
URL:https://ag.purdue.edu/events/department/fnr/2026/11/yousefi-peyman-def
 ense.html
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SUMMARY:Peyman Yousefi Dissertation Defense - Residential Water Use
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