Technological Spaces in the Semi-Arid High Plains: Examining Well Ownership and Investment in Water-Saving Appliances

Groundwater depletion has been a consequential problem in Kansas, a drought-prone state widely reliant on the High Plains aquifer. This manuscript explores well ownership’s moderating effects on the relationships between awareness of water supplies and the use of water-saving devices. It assesses on...

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Main Author:	Brock Ternes
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2021-01-01
Series:	Water
Subjects:	sociology of water use well owners groundwater water supplies infrastructure water-saving appliances
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/3/365

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spelling	doaj-9dfa0f26c8e54fce8ce61433ab8dd5e92021-02-01T00:03:02ZengMDPI AGWater2073-44412021-01-011336536510.3390/w13030365Technological Spaces in the Semi-Arid High Plains: Examining Well Ownership and Investment in Water-Saving AppliancesBrock Ternes0Department of Sociology and Criminology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403, USAGroundwater depletion has been a consequential problem in Kansas, a drought-prone state widely reliant on the High Plains aquifer. This manuscript explores well ownership’s moderating effects on the relationships between awareness of water supplies and the use of water-saving devices. It assesses one of the only quantitative datasets of private water well owners used in social scientific research (n = 864) and discusses the intricate results of multi-group structural equation models with respondents organized by their water supplies. Well ownership and water literacy are significantly correlated to owning water-conservation technologies, and well ownership combined with access to municipal water weakens the correlations between awareness and owning water-saving appliances.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/3/365sociology of water usewell ownersgroundwaterwater suppliesinfrastructurewater-saving appliances
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title	Technological Spaces in the Semi-Arid High Plains: Examining Well Ownership and Investment in Water-Saving Appliances
title_short	Technological Spaces in the Semi-Arid High Plains: Examining Well Ownership and Investment in Water-Saving Appliances
title_full	Technological Spaces in the Semi-Arid High Plains: Examining Well Ownership and Investment in Water-Saving Appliances
title_fullStr	Technological Spaces in the Semi-Arid High Plains: Examining Well Ownership and Investment in Water-Saving Appliances
title_full_unstemmed	Technological Spaces in the Semi-Arid High Plains: Examining Well Ownership and Investment in Water-Saving Appliances
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series	Water
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publishDate	2021-01-01
description	Groundwater depletion has been a consequential problem in Kansas, a drought-prone state widely reliant on the High Plains aquifer. This manuscript explores well ownership’s moderating effects on the relationships between awareness of water supplies and the use of water-saving devices. It assesses one of the only quantitative datasets of private water well owners used in social scientific research (n = 864) and discusses the intricate results of multi-group structural equation models with respondents organized by their water supplies. Well ownership and water literacy are significantly correlated to owning water-conservation technologies, and well ownership combined with access to municipal water weakens the correlations between awareness and owning water-saving appliances.
topic	sociology of water use well owners groundwater water supplies infrastructure water-saving appliances
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Technological Spaces in the Semi-Arid High Plains: Examining Well Ownership and Investment in Water-Saving Appliances

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