Attitudes to reclaimed water for domestic use: Part 1. Age

Abstract

This is the first of three articles exploring responses of a section of the Australian community to having reclaimed wastewater and storm water plumbed into their house. The community is located in Mawson Lakes, South Australia, in an innovative greenfields development which is a public-private partnership. The reclaimed water will be used inside the house for toilet flushing and also for outside use, for example for irrigation. The delivery of the reclaimed water is due to commence at the end of 2003. One predictable result was that the support for the use of reclaimed water decreased as the use became more personal, but this was slightly less evident for younger persons than for those over..