10.2190/FEGN-KYTB-1EXW-175N FEGNKYTB1EXW175N 3 Modeling Water Intake in a Canadian Household 39 51 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 FEGNKYTB1EXW175N.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=FEGNKYTB1EXW175N 1 S. Sankaran T. Viraraghavan University of Regina Regina, Saskatchewan This article presents a model of water intake in a suburban Canadian household. The data cover daily water intake for a year. It is shown that a Box-Jenkins model with moving average terms best fits the data. Further, it is shown that a separate model for each of the three seasons provides an even better fit. The models are then explained with reference to water consumption habits and patterns.

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