Public attitude for acceptance of grey water reuse in Istanbul and the impact of informing potential consumers

Taher, Mustafa N.; Awayes, J.; Cavkas, S.; Beler‐Baykal, B.

doi:10.5004/dwt.2019.24978

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“…While few educated males used greywater from showers and machine wash for watering plants. This finding is in line with Taher et al (2019), who believed that people are reusing the grey water from machine wash for watering plants and gardens.…”

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The gender difference in behaviour and intentions of households toward water saving practices in Katchi Abadis of Lahore, Pakistan

Malik

Mahmood

2021

J. Humanit. Soc. Manag. Sci.

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Water resources sustainability and conservation are crucial to controlling water scarcity in the world. This research examines the gendered perception of households in 12 Katchi Abadis of Lahore to conserve water by focusing on their habits, attitude, intention, norms, and behaviour. This is a qualitative research design with in-depth interviews as a method. Respondents were selected by adopting the purposive sampling technique. The debate revolves around the question: which one among men and women in the slum, will be responsible to show proper water managing intentions and behaviour? Is there any difference among men and women in slums on water-saving attitude, norms, intention, and behaviour? 24 face-to-face semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with youths, adults, and elderly males and females. Thematic analysis was used for analysis. It was revealed that people in homes acknowledged the worth of water, but poverty, unemployment, and government unresponsive behaviour caused hindrance to efforts to save water. There is a long list of hurdles that retards the process to conserve water. This research recommended conducting studies on the practices of water in households with actual measurements, not only for self-reported data, but it should also assess, and observe actions of individuals towards the environment.

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The gender difference in behaviour and intentions of households toward water saving practices in Katchi Abadis of Lahore, Pakistan

Malik

Mahmood

2021

J. Humanit. Soc. Manag. Sci.

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“…While 65 (31.7%) of the respondents preferred recycling because of inadequate fresh water for some house chores like cleaning floors and drainage channels, 140 (68.3%) attributed their preferences for water recycling to the availability of an avenue for its use when produced in their home, indicating that there is no provision for wastewater storage in their homes. Taher et al (2019) and Maquet (2020), in separate investigations, revealed that people's choice for water recycling is poor in view of the unhygienic status of the already-used water, and public enlightenment was recommended. The fact that there is unhindered access to the source of fresh water will continue to water recycling technology in the study area.…”

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“…Water resources are finite in nature and should be used with great caution to meet the demand in space and time (Vickers, 2002;Muta'aHellandendu, 2012;WWAP, 2015). Often, the decision of whether to ration or reuse water in homes arises at a point when fresh water is envisaged to be inadequate in supply with no immediate alternative (Taher et al, 2019). The practice of various water management procedures becomes significantly desirable if the availability of water needed to serve the purposes it is meant to serve in homes becomes limited (Tortajada, 2020).…”

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“…Thus, the preference for the use of this water management method is dependent on certain variables, of which freshwater availability/accessibility is one. In addition, Taher et al (2019) and Maquet (2020) revealed that the acceptability of wastewater for use in homes could probably be achieved through proper education and enlightenment. The duo based their observations on people's perception of the unfitness and unsanitary condition of wastewater generated in homes.…”

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“…The use of wastewater for other uses in homes (Jhansi and Mishra, 2013;Adewumi and Oguntuase, 2016), especially cooking, is grossly limited in view of people's perception of its unhygienic status. Such used water is not fit for other home uses, such as drinking, cooking, and bathing, without being taken through thorough treatment, the technology for which is lacking (Idris-Nda et al, 2013;Taher et al, 2019).…”

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Household preference for wastewater reuse/recycling practice determinants in a growing community in Nigeria

Ogunbode

Oyebamiji

Ogundele

et al. 2023

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Wastewater recycling has been considered one way of ensuring sustainable water accessibility for domestic purposes through the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This work investigated the factors that guide the preference for water recycling in Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria, to encourage its practice in homes. A survey was conducted among 205 randomly selected respondents in the study area to generate the data required to achieve the objectives of the study. Both descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were used using SPSS version 16.0. The study revealed that 79.3% of the respondents, mostly women, responded “nay” to wastewater reuse, attributing this to good access to fresh water, among other reasons. The factor analysis (FA) of the 13 variables obtained from the field extracted six variables that gave 76.542% of the variance about the respondents’ preference for wastewater recycling, namely: 1) method of producing wastewater; 2) proportion of the wastewater available for use; 3) volume of wastewater generated; 4) level of support for the practice of wastewater recycling; 5) perception about wastewater; and 6) reasons for wastewater recycling. Further analysis revealed that the six variables could be summarized into two, with the first three factors forming the first and the last three variables forming the second group: issues related to wastewater production and human attitude-related factors. Therefore, we reject the alternative hypothesis (H1) and accept the null hypothesis (H0) that the availability of wastewater does not hinder households’ preference for its use. The work concluded that the preferences for wastewater recycling are associated with issues about its production and human attitude/perceptions about wastewater. Public enlightenment and wastewater treatment technology in the study area and similar communities could probably enhance the preference for wastewater recycling.

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Egyptians awareness towards domestic water conservation and reuse

Mohamed,

Ali,

Abdel-Hafez

2024

Desalination and Water Treatment

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Public attitude for acceptance of grey water reuse in Istanbul and the impact of informing potential consumers

Cited by 10 publications

References 12 publications

The gender difference in behaviour and intentions of households toward water saving practices in Katchi Abadis of Lahore, Pakistan

The gender difference in behaviour and intentions of households toward water saving practices in Katchi Abadis of Lahore, Pakistan

Household preference for wastewater reuse/recycling practice determinants in a growing community in Nigeria

Egyptians awareness towards domestic water conservation and reuse

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