Impact of climate change on domestic water requirements in Montréal

A stochastic model was recently developed to theoretically estimate per capita water consumption for various lifestyles, based on specific domestic water use activities. The intention is to populate this model with data from the City of Montréal, bearing in mind that metering of water consumption is uncommon in the study area. Therefore, calibration and verification of the model is anticipated to be a challenge. Climate change is expected to have an impact on water consumption. After model population for the current water use scenario, the results could be extrapolated to allow for the expected long-term impacts of climate change. In this research collaboration we aim to obtain model input parameters for the study area and to select the appropriate climate change scenarios.

Faculty Supervisor:

Musandji Fuamba

Student:

Partner:

Stellenbosch University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Water; Environmental Science and Technology; Sustainability & the Environment

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

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