Seeking Substantiality: Evaluation of Public Attitudes toward Resilient Wastewater Reuse Management

Because of Iran’s limited water resources, maximum usage of available water resources is a high priority. In this case study of Teh-ran, Iran, academic and industrial applications of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) approach provide an analysis of the main challenges of wastewater reuse. One possible solution for dealing with water crises is to reuse water in different consumption areas. An important step in this regard is to evaluate the public attitude toward different usages of recycled water, and to increase public participation in this process. In addition, questionnaires offer quantitative analysis of people’s preferences with respect to wastewater reuse. The results suggest that the Tehran water department should consider defensive approaches to developing public participation in wastewater reuse. The main underlying reasons people are in favour of waste-water reuse are the provision of environmental protection from contamination caused by wastewater and irrigating farmlands of non-food products.