Sustainable Water Management Solutions for Large Cities
(Proceedings of symposium S2 held during the Seventh IAHS Scientific Assembly at Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, April 2005). IAHS Publ. 293, 2005, 141-144Would people pay more for quality drinking water?
ALES SMREKAR
Anton Melik Geographical Institute, Science Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Novi trg 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
ales.smrekar@zrc-sazu.si
Abstract
An extensive field questionnaire of the population of Slovenia’s capital, Ljubljana, and its surroundings, was conducted with a sample of 900 persons in the urbanized and suburbanized areas of water pumping stations. Of particular interest were the answers regarding personal participation in the protection of the groundwater. Those questioned agreed that as individuals they could do much to protect the drinking water. Only a few were prepared to actively participate in the preservation of this natural resource. They agreed on the exceptional importance of providing pure drinking water for the future.Key words
drinking water; foundation; public participation; questionnaire; Slovenia; water protection