ANALYSIS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS' CONSCIOUSNESS TO MEASURES FOR HOUSEHOLD WASTEWATER

Abstract

In recent years, among the causes of eutrophication in semi-closed water areas, domestic wastewater represents a high percentage of the total pollution load. So of measures must be worked out to reduce the polltion load by housefold effluent. The role of local residents has gained considerable importance to implement these measures fruitfully.
The purpose of this paper is to analyze local residents' consiousness to measures for household wastewater through questionnaire surveys in a model area. First, residents' consiousness to their neighboring environment and their need of wastewater treatment facility is analyzed. Residents who live in an undesirable environment appreciate the necessity of wastewater treatment facilities, but their willingness to pay for such costly measure is not high. And so they expect financial support from the local government. Second, the effect of environmental campaign activities is analyzed. The significance of campaign activities is to graw residents' awareness of their neighboring environment and to sustain their attention to the environment is an important key to realizing a better environment.