title: Analysis of social attitude to the new end use of recycled water for household laundry in Australia by the regression models.
abstract: Recycled water for household laundry can be regarded as a promising strategy to alleviate the current demand on scarce water supplies. Public acceptability becomes fairly important to ensure the successful establishment and development of this new end use. To address the issue, this study conducted social surveys in two locations of Australia, Port Macquarie and Melbourne, where respondents were asked 17 questions. The regression models provide conclusions about which characteristics are more likely to lead to the acceptance of recycled water from society. Three attitudinal variables (RWAlterDW, Attitude and Cost) and three psychological variables (Odour, Reading and SmallUnit) were found to be the key driving forces behind domestic water reuse behaviour. These findings could drive the future research direction to achieve better public perception of this new end use of recycled water.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia.
authors.forename: Zhuo
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Huu Hao
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Ngo
authors.forename: Wenshan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Xiaochang C
authors.initials: XC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Clayton
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Miechel
authors.forename: Nigel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Corby
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Listowski
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: O'Halloran
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D001315:Australia; D003625:Data Collection; D005191:Family Characteristics; D008960:Models, Psychological; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009812:Odorants; D011639:Public Opinion; D059027:Recycling; D012044:Regression Analysis; D014881:Water Supply