This study aimed to gain insight into Australians’ most recent attitudes towards water conservation,
their stated water conservation behaviour, attitudes towards water efficient appliances, stated
ownership of water efficient appliances, and stated barriers to installing water efficient appliances. This
was achieved through a two step empirical research design, including (1) an extensive qualitative phase
aimed at developing a complete quantitative instrument for the survey study, and (2) a survey study
with 1495 respondents representative of the Australian population.