Water Resources Research Act Program

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Details for Project ID CA_2024_PESANTEZ

Managing Peak Water Demand in Water Distribution Systems

Institute: California
Year Established: 2023 Start Date: 2023-09-01 End Date: 2025-09-01
Total Federal Funds: $14,926 Total Non-Federal Funds: $26,645

Principal Investigators: Jorge Pesantez

Project Summary: This research simulates a persuasive game to encourage cooperation and competition among water customers around demand-shifting. This research creates and models a leaderboard using an agent-based modeling approach.