Rainwater harvesting and greywater recycling as alternative water resources: a survey of public opinion

Agnieszka Stec,D Słyś,J Dziopk

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/20184500090

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https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20184500090

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Journal: E3S Web of Conferences	Publication Date: Jan 1, 2018
Citations: 4	License type: CC BY 4.0

Affiliation: Rzeszów University of Technology

Abstract

This paper reports results from a survey of households in Poland concerning the use of alternative sources of water. Research showed that respondents were not too inclined to replace water from the water supply with greywater and rainwater. They would be afraid of using both greywater (79%) and rainwater (60%) in their household. The biggest concern was the use of alternative sources of water for doing laundry - more than 50% of respondents identified this issue in both cases. Only 43% of respondents would like to install a greywater recycling system and much more -78% a rainwater harvesting system. For the vast majority of respondents (80%) a subsidy would be an incentive for using these systems in their household.

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Water is the basic natural resource for social and economic development in the world
A questionnaire consisting of 13 questions: 4 concerning general information about the respondents and 9 on water conservation issues, as well as the possibilities of using alternative sources of water were developed for the purpose of conducting the research
Rainwater harvesting systems have been used for decades in the developing world as well as in developed countries

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Water is the basic natural resource for social and economic development in the world. Water management should be implemented in a sustainable way, and the actions taken should result in its protection in terms of quality and quantity, which was recorded as one of the Millennium Development Goals [1]. Over the past few decades the global demand for water has risen dramatically, and it is forecasted to continue to rise to 55% by 2050 [2]. It is estimated that this problem affects more than one billion people globally. Water resources are affected by climate changes and the intensification of the urbanization process, which causes significant hydrological changes in catchment areas and hydraulic changes in sewage systems [3,4,5,6,7,8]

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