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