SENSITIVITY ON DRINKING WATER SAFETY AND AFFECTING FACTORS FOR URBAN SOCIETY IN TURKIYE

AKPINAR M. G., Gul M., Gulcan S., Oral M. A.

FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN, sa.8, ss.7477-7482, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Dergi Adı: FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Aerospace Database, Aqualine, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Core, Communication Abstracts, Environment Index, Geobase, Greenfile, Metadex, Pollution Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.7477-7482
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Water, which is vital for the sustainability of economic development, is vital for the sustainability of life. Due to climate change globally, the water level in the dams has decreased due to the decrease in the rains and the pollution in the tap water has increased. This situation also increases concerns about drinking water safety. More than 7 million people died from water-related diseases all around the world. This situation has increased the efforts on providing adequate and qualified drinking water. In parallel with the rise of population and living standards, the drinking water demand and market developments shape the public and private authorities' marketing policies in both developed and developing countries. This study aims to determine the factors affecting the population's drinking water health risk sensitivity in urban life. The data was a primary consumer data and obtained by face to face survey method from 965 households. The field study sample was carried out in the Mediterranean Region. The data obtained from the consumers were analysed with the SPSS program. Factor analysis method, one of the multivariate analysis techniques, was used in the study. The results showed that the factors identified 61.57 percent of the total variance (KMO value: 0.840). Accordingly, these were identified as key factors for the consumer reliability perception on drinking water: consumers' health awareness, water quality perception for tap and bottled water, buying consciousness. concern on water-borne diseases and the public news related drinking water.