Water Conservation Attitude of Residents of Rawalpindi

Abstract

The study titled "Water conservation attitude of residents of Rawalpindi" was conducted in the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) area of Rawalpindi. The current study used a Quantitative research design and cross-sectional in nature. A total of 399 sampled respondents were selected by the Random sampling technique, and responders were male and female residents of Rawalpindi. The aim of the current study was to explore the residents' attitudes to water conservation and their consumption practices. For intending to study and understanding the topic with theoretical perspective researcher used the Theory of Reasoned Action/Planned Behavior by Ajzen and Fishbein (1980). Reliability analysis was carried out on the entire variables and explored a Cronbach Alpha of (.721). Hypothesis testing of the study showed that a positive association exists between attitudes and behavior towards water conservation, and with higher education, people exhibit a positive attitude to water conservation behavior.

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“…Subjective norms determine valued opinions projected to self-beliefs after observing the actions of the surrounding community or individuals with close relationships (Iftikhar et al, 2021).However it is urged that not always others beliefs pass personal judgement to act on them, but only if the desirable outcomes are evident. Warner & Diaz,(2021)argue that subjective norms are significant in shaping individual behaviour upon witnessing the benefits from others due to participation in a certain activity, but also that the feeling of doing a similar activity creates selfconfidence in getting support to ensure success.…”

“…According to Bosnjak et al,(2020) different circumstances in life based on situations alter individual perceptions to take different actions. In other words, this dimension involves the individual's opinion and ability to overcome challenges and achieve a desirable and accepted degree of success if he or she takes the risk and decides to participate in water conservation practices (Iftikhar et al, 2021).…”

“…This fact is confirmed by Thiam et al, (2021) when they studied the promotion of residential water conservation measures using latent class analysis and multinomial and conditional logit using a sample of 465 households in South Africa, which found that females were very sensitive to conserving water, stating that they are more vulnerable to diseases in poor hygiene environments as compared to Licensed Under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY-NC) males. In Rawalpindi, Pakistan, a quantitative study on water conservation attitudes by Iftikhar et al, (2021), applied the theory of reasoned action and planned behaviour to a sample of 399 respondents using reliability analysis and revealed that, with high education, there is a positive relationship between attitudes and behaviour to conserve water resources.…”

Impacts of Community Participation on Sustainability of Rural Water Supply Sytems: A Study from District Lahore, Pakistan

“…Late study information likewise shows that the significant extent of utilizing enhanced sanitation expanded from 37% in 2000 to 48% in 2009-10, and flush restrooms expanded from 45% in 2001 to 66% in 2010-11 (Iftikhar et al, 2021). Agencies that are working to provide clean drinking water and sanitation facilities in Pakistan at the federal and provincial levels are not only operating but also maintaining projects such as the Water and Sanitation Authority (WASA's), Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), Town Municipal Administration (TMA's), Capital Development Authority (CDA), Union Councils and Community Based Organizations (CBO's).…”

“…Pakistan has defined distinctive approaches identified with water supply, such as 1) the National Environment Policy (2005), 2) the National Sanitation Policy (2006), 3) the National Drinking Water Policy (2009), and 4) the National Climate Change Policy (2012). These strategies give fundamental legitimate help to the execution of various government activities and intercessions in the watered Sanitation area (Iftikhar et al, 2021). There is additionally a national sense of duty regarding actualizing the Pakistan Approach to Total Sanitation, which includes a hundred percent scope of sanitation and making towns free from open defecation, which will additionally lead to creating diverse mediation, for example, water filtration plants, water supply to the towns to guarantee to get to the group to safe drinking water and sanitation (Saha et al, 2023).…”