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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 621, 2025
Second International Conference on Green Energy, Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Technologies 2024 (ICGEST 2024)
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| Article Number | 03003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 9 | |
| Section | Sustainable Technology for Environmental Protection | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202562103003 | |
| Published online | 19 March 2025 | |
An Investigation into The Societal Attitudes and Acceptance of Treated Wastewater Reuse in An Area Experiencing Water Scarcity
1 Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Wasit University, Wasit, 52001, Iraq
2 College of Engineering, University of Warith Al-Anbiyaa, Karbala, 56001, Iraq.
3 College of Engineering, Wasit University, Wasit, 52001, Iraq
4 College Of Computer Science and Information Technology, Wasit University, Wasit, Iraq
* Corresponding author: salahlafta@uowasit.edu.iq
The purpose of this research is to identify the demographic factors that influence Iraqi willingness to reuse wastewater. A total of 507 people from Al-Kut City were surveyed using a structured questionnaire to find out their demographic information, thoughts, and feelings on wastewater reuse using a multiple-choice questionnaire. The T-test examined relationships between marital status, children, monthly salary, and paying for municipal water consumption. The outcomes of the T-test showed statistical significance for all these factors went to those who were 1) unmarried, 2) had no children in their home, 3) had the highest income, and 4) answered “Not paid”, respectively for each factor. The outcomes of the ANOVA test showed that there is no SS between occupation -groups (0. 368) or number of children in each home (0. 451) regarding accepting the uses of recycled wastewater for different goals.
Key words: Attitude / public awareness / wastewater reuse / questionnaire / principal component analysis / Iraq
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