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DOI	10.1007/s10708-012-9465-7
	A survey of household domestic water consumption patterns in rural semi-arid village, India
	Singh, Omvir; Turkiya, Sushila
通讯作者	Singh, O
来源期刊	GEOJOURNAL
ISSN	0343-2521
EISSN	1572-9893
出版年	2013
卷号	78 期号:5 页码:777-790
英文摘要	In India, as a result of development, the demand for water is increasing both in urban and rural areas. This may increase tensions and disputes over sharing of water resources. For water demand management, it is crucial to know the details of actual water use on a household level. Therefore, this paper explores the pattern of domestic water consumption in semi-arid Dhani Mohabbatpur village of Hisar district in Haryana state of India, to improve the understanding of how local communities in the region relate to water, based on questionnaires and interview surveys of 763 households. The study has examined the households daily and activity wise water consumption, sources, quality, duration, frequency of water supply, distance of different sources and the level of awareness about rainwater harvesting. Results of the study revealed that the daily average water consumption for the village was found to be 117.0 l per person per capita per day (SD = 35.8). Washing of clothes consumes the highest amount of water, whereas 85 % of the households are using government water supplies with very safe water quality. However, 77 % households are not satisfied with duration of water supply and 86 % do not have awareness about rainwater harvesting technology. This needs to be addressed immediately by changing public perception through media and by organizing public awareness programs. It is hoped that the results of the study would benefit the policy and planning executives in India in optimizing the existing water resources for rural development.
英文关键词	Domestic water consumption Rainwater harvesting Rural households Semi-arid region India
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000210534200002
WOS关键词	RESOURCES
WOS类目	Geography
WOS研究方向	Geography
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/330257
作者单位	[Singh, Omvir; Turkiya, Sushila] Kurukshetra Univ, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Singh, Omvir,Turkiya, Sushila. A survey of household domestic water consumption patterns in rural semi-arid village, India[J],2013,78(5):777-790.
APA	Singh, Omvir,&Turkiya, Sushila.(2013).A survey of household domestic water consumption patterns in rural semi-arid village, India.GEOJOURNAL,78(5),777-790.
MLA	Singh, Omvir,et al."A survey of household domestic water consumption patterns in rural semi-arid village, India".GEOJOURNAL 78.5(2013):777-790.