S/N | Household water management strategies | Not at all (1) | Sometimes (2) | Always (3) | Mean | Decision |
1 | Patronizing water vendors | 217 | 101 | 33 | 1.47 | Disagreed |
2 | Surface water harvesting | 3 | 69 | 279 | 2.78 | Agreed |
3 | Improving underground water | 351 | - | - | 1.0 | Disagreed |
4 | Use of alum for purifying water | 28 | 264 | 59 | 2.0 | Disagreed |
5 | Checking for and reduction of leaks on taps | 287 | 35 | 29 | 1.26 | Disagreed |
6 | Boiling of drinking water | 297 | 36 | 18 | 1.20 | Disagreed |
7 | Rainfall enhancement (e.g. engaging the services of rain makers) | 317 | 30 | 4 | 1.02 | Disagreed |
8 | Use of low-flush toilets | 328 | 10 | 13 | 1.10 | Disagreed |
9 | Gray water re-use (use of wastewater or reclaimed water from one application such as municipal wastewater treatment for another application such as landscape watering) | 351 | - | - | 1 | Disagreed |
10 | Reducing the number of times dishes are washed per day | 3 | 6 | 342 | 2.96 | Agreed |
11 | Reducing the number of baths per household member | 9 | 5 | 337 | 2.93 | Agreed |
12 | Engaging in collective laundry for the household | 12 | 20 | 319 | 2.87 | Agreed |
13 | Reducing the quantity of water used in bathing | - | - | 351 | 3.0 | Agreed |
14 | Use of drought tolerant crops in home gardens | 9 | 28 | 314 | 2.86 | Agreed |
15 | Watering of gardens in the morning & evening only to reduce evaporation | 139 | 71 | 68 | 1.38 | Disagreed |