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  "abstract": "In this study, we apply fully Bayesian spatio-temporal models to locality-level water consumption in Bogotá, Colombia, from 2019 through 2024. An additive model identifies spatial differences after adjusting for common temporal dynamics and city-wide climatic and socioeconomic time series. Because these covariates are shared across all localities, they provide temporal adjustment but cannot explain between-locality spatial variation. A formal sensitivity analysis adding a structured space–time interaction substantially improves model fit (WAIC: 604.0 versus 2502.7; DIC: 333.9 versus 2500.5), showing that locality deviations are not adequately represented as constant throughout the study period. Student-t likelihoods indicate heavy residual tails (posterior mean degrees of freedom: 3.02 in the additive model and 2.60 in the interaction model), but the Gaussian interaction model retains substantially better information criteria than its Student-t counterpart. The principal spatial main effects remain highly correlated across likelihoods (r = 0.975). The results therefore support spatially heterogeneous temporal dynamics and show that the main spatial ordering is robust to heavy-tailed errors. Author summary: Water consumption in cities is influenced by processes that operate over both time and space. In this study, we analyze monthly water consumption across localities in Bogotá between 2019 and 2024 using statistical models that account for relationships between neighboring areas and temporal dependence. The precipitation, energy, and population variables used in the model are city-wide time series; they help describe temporal variation but cannot explain why localities differ from one another. We also test whether each locality maintains the same deviation from the city-wide trajectory over the entire period. A model allowing spatial patterns to change over time fits substantially better, including during the COVID-19 lockdown and reopening period. The results therefore show that territorial differences are dynamic rather than constant and highlight the need for locality-level temporal information in urban water-demand analysis.",
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    "Departamento de Estadística, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Sede Bogotá, Bogotá D.C., Colombia",
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  "published": "2026-09-16",
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  "title": "Spatial structure in urban water consumption: A Bayesian space-time analysis of Bogotá (2019–2024)",
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