Abstract
Problem statement: Improper use of water by Jordanian families accombined with acute shortage in water resources. Approach: This study aimed to raise the degree of the environmental awareness regarding the significance of reducing kitchen water consumption of the Jordanian families living in Amman and to provide them with the necessary knowledge and practices about the right practices to reduce water consumption. Results: The results revealed that the average consumption of kitchen water before the environmental awareness about water consumption was 59.5 L day-1 and after raising the awareness was reduced to 49.8 L day-1, with an average of 9.7 L day-1 which is a very vital indicator. The difference in the consumption were found to be more for the families consisting of (10-14) members where the average differences was 12-14 L day-1, but after environmental awareness differences were all statistically significant with all the other groups of family members. The average difference of consumption by family of members aged from (6-9) was (10-39) L daily and it was statistically significant in the family group of (2-5). The family group of (2-5) showed an average difference of 7.25 L daily. However, the family of with members aged between (15-22) years was the best in making use of raising the degree of environmental awareness to preserve water and reduce its consumption. The study also showed that the differences of consumption were more for the family groups of the average of income (601-1000) JD/month. The study also revealed that there is a positive relationship (0.801) regarding the amount of the consumed water and the number of utensils used through the three meals of day after raising the degree of environmental awareness in this study which shows the necessity of education the consumers to reduce the number of utensils, to reduce the amount of lost water out of consumed water. Conclusion: It can be concluded that raising awareness by holding sessions for the families is about water consumption is a reliable method to rationalize their consumption.
Highlights
Water is ultimate source of life and due to the enormous demand on this blue gold (Othman, 2008) it’s becoming a reason for many regional fights.It’s cirrhotic that from all water that’s cornering earth only 5% is suitable for human consumption (Oliver, 1990)
The results showed the average of water consumption used for doing the washing kitchen utensils for the three meals during week days before raising environmental awareness was 59.5 L day−1
Reviving some of the social habits of the Jordanian society like having the daily meals together which will lead to the reduction of the number of the used utensils
Summary
It’s cirrhotic that from all water that’s cornering earth only 5% is suitable for human consumption (Oliver, 1990). Human needs water for his biological needs, and he needs it for industry and agriculture that both consume most of the available water. Water is becoming a hot issue for researches in terms of water resources, quality, quantity and strategies to find and manage resources as will as the pattern of consumption by the deferent users (an agriculture, industry, house utility and wild life). Some studies have revealed that for every dollar spent on manufacturing a produce, there are 100 L of water consumed for such production in the USA while it’s reduced to 50 and 151 L in Germany and Japan respectively (Rosegrant et al, 2002).
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