Estimating the distribution of domestic water consumption among households is important for establishing baselines against which policy success can be measured. Estimates of this kind are typically produced using household surveys. This study aimed to investigate how simple heuristic estimates of water consumption and surveys compare with measures of water consumption obtained from meter readings...

Many authors have assumed that diesel (for transit buses) and electricity (for light rail) can be converted with 100% efficiency between each other based on heating energy content. They concluded that light rail was more energy efficient than buses. This paper questions those results.