Water management strategies at household level
Journal Title: Asian Journal of Home Science - Year 2017, Vol 12, Issue 1
Abstract
The present study entitled ‘Water management strategies at household level’ was conducted in Ludhiana district of Punjab. A sample of 150 women was interviewed to know the extent of use of water while performing various activities and to get their suggestions to save water for future use. The findings of the study highlighted that majority of the respondents belonged to age group of 29-39 years, belonged to general and nuclear family. Further sixty eight per cent of the respondents wasted water upto ‘great extent’ while washing of vegetables directly under running taps and 53.33 per cent wasted water while brushing, shaving, cleaning the hand etc. most of the respondents suggested to avoid wastage of water at home. To protect the earth’s most precious resource to meet the current and future human demand, paper highlighted various water management technologies to be adopted at household level to save water resources.
Authors and Affiliations
LAKHWINDER KAUR, VINITA PANDEY
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP246553
- DOI 10.15740/HAS/AJHS/12.1/143-148
- Views 100
- Downloads 0
Role of fathers in social and emotional development of their adolescents across their working profile
The present research study was carried out to explore and compare the level of social and emotional maturity of adolescents across occupation of fathers. The sample was comprised of randomly selected 277 students studyin...
Assessment of the risk of cardiovascular and gastric problems in textile mill workers of Pali district in relation to shift work
Textile industry touches the lives of all people in one or the other ways. In Rajasthan state particularly, textile mills represent an important economic sector. In Pali district, with highest number of textile mills in...
Preferences of judges for product development using Naala (Tape) weaving techniques
Traditional Naala making craft of Punjab is on the verge of varnishing. Thus, an effort was made to study opinion of clothing and textile experts for diversification of the craft. Total twenty eight designs comprising of...
Dissemination of information regarding clean technologies in textile processing
The present paper is a part of the research work undertaken by researcher to find out the “Environmental sensitization of textile processing units of Pali district (Raj.)”. Findings of the study revealed that majority of...
Prevalence of malnutrition inBhal region of Gujarat
There is increasing evidence that development of underweight and obesity has deleterious social and health consequences. Study was conducted to determine the prevalence of underweight and obesity in rural areas of Bhal r...