Does the Household Save Water? Evidence from Behavioral Analysis

Hasrul Hazman Hasan,Nor Hidayah Mohd Razali,Siti Fatin Mohd Razali

doi:10.3390/su13020641

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Journal: Sustainability	Publication Date: Jan 12, 2021
Citations: 13	License type: CC BY 4.0

Affiliation: National University of Malaysia

Abstract

Management of water supply in urban areas is a challenge that must be faced by water supply companies to ensure the continuity of domestic water supply to the residents in the area. Hence, this study aims to identify local people’s behavior and daily activities that led to domestic water wastage. Furthermore, the relationship between the demographic factors of the population trends in reducing water use through water savings in their daily activities or installing a home-saving water system is also undertaken. The data were analyzed and interpreted using IBM SPSS software such as descriptive analysis, covering frequencies, mean and standard deviation, correlation with bivariate correlation, cross-tabulation, and multivariate analysis (MANOVA). Availability and demand in water management will only be managed if water resources and water supply engineers address all the balance sides. It will ensure a more comprehensive and interconnected water sector, ensuring the security and sustainability of water.

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Water sources are one aspect of environmental sustainability that people need to consider when creating an integrated environmental management system
The uses of clean water resources can be divided into domestic water, which is used by households for daily activities, and non-domestic water is used for commercial, industrial, agricultural, and livestock breeding purposes [2]
The study area was selected based on the factor of the population of Rinching Town area was involved in water supply disruption that had to be implemented on the districts in Selangor

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Water sources are one aspect of environmental sustainability that people need to consider when creating an integrated environmental management system. Climate change and urbanization challenges have made it more relevant to investigate water usage, especially in households. The uses of clean water resources can be divided into domestic water, which is used by households for daily activities, and non-domestic water is used for commercial, industrial, agricultural, and livestock breeding purposes [2]. The domestic use is higher than other activities as there is an increase in demands for over-population and developed a new challenge for the water management system [3]. Proper domestic water resource management is needed to ensure the supply balance and meet domestic water’s current and future consumer demands

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