Tap Water, Bottled Water or In-Home Water Treatment Systems: Insights on Household Perceptions and Choices

Autor: Elena Domene, Xavier Garcia, Hug March, David Saurí
Přispěvatelé: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Aigua -- Qualitat
Coping (psychology)
lcsh:Hydraulic engineering
Catalonia
tratamiento de agua en el hogar
media_common.quotation_subject
0208 environmental biotechnology
Geography
Planning and Development

02 engineering and technology
010501 environmental sciences
Aquatic Science
01 natural sciences
Biochemistry
Agricultural economics
tap water quality perception
Renting
lcsh:Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes
Tap water
Housing tenure
lcsh:TC1-978
Perception
Cataluña
tractament d'aigua a casa
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Water Science and Technology
media_common
lcsh:TD201-500
percepción de la calidad del agua del grifo
in-home water treatment
business.industry
Catalunya
Bottled water
agua embotellada
020801 environmental engineering
Water quality
percepció de la qualitat de l'aigua de l'aixeta
Water treatment
Agua -- Calidad
business
bottled water
aigua embotellada
Zdroj: Water
Volume 12
Issue 5
O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Water, Vol 12, Iss 1310, p 1310 (2020)
ISSN: 2073-4441
DOI: 10.3390/w12051310
Popis: Altres ajuts: CICYT/CSO 2012 36996 This article addresses household strategies for coping with perceived tap water quality issues. By using a household survey (n = 581) in Catalonia (Spain) and three models, this article analyses the drivers and motivations behind the installation of in-home water treatment systems, and the use of bottled water for drinking and cooking. The main explanatory factors of the higher consumption of bottled water were the perception of poor tap water quality, the lack of in-home treatment systems, and the presence of children at home. Income did not appear as a significant variable explaining the use of bottled water, unlike in other studies. The presence of in-home treatment systems is related to factors, such as perceived bad water quality, larger households, and single-family housing. Income and housing tenure appeared as explanatory variables only when considering systems requiring some kind of installation: lower incomes or renting a multi-family house reduce the probability of having an in-home water treatment that required installation because of important investments and operating costs, and the space needed in the housing units. In-house water treatment systems may become a solid alternative to bottled water when tap water raises problematic perceptions related to bad taste, odor, or lime presence.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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