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- Title
Hydrologic Habitus: Wells, Watering Practices, and Water Supply Infrastructure.
- Authors
Ternes, Brock; Donovan, Brian
- Abstract
Private water wells and municipal water supplies function as different systems of water provision, creating distinct--but understudied--patterns of water consumption. This article examines private well ownership to assess the relationships among conspicuous water consumption, cultural practices, and environmental structures. We surveyed well owners and non-well owners throughout Kansas, a state highly reliant on groundwater (n = 864). Borrowing insights from Bourdieu's analysis of cultural consumption, this research considers the relationships between demographic variables and watering routines. We provide evidence that well ownership is a significant predictor of conspicuous water usage, and suggest attention to individuals' hydrologic habitus--a disposition toward water usage shaped by infrastructure, class, and pertinent social variables--facilitates a better understanding of well ownership, drought-time watering, and conspicuous water consumption.
- Subjects
KANSAS; BOURDIEU, Pierre, 1930-2002; WATER supply; MUNICIPAL water supply; WATER consumption; WELLS; WELL water
- Publication
Nature & Culture, 2020, Vol 15, Issue 1, p32
- ISSN
1558-6073
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3167/nc.2020.150103