Author(s)

Zohreh Mohammadi¹, Akramolmolook Lahijanian^1*, Abdolah Rashidi Mehrabadi²

¹Department of Environment & Energy, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran.
²Department of Water and Wastewater, Power & Water University of Technology (PWUT), Tehran, Iran.

This study aimed to investigate the role of education in promoting citizens’ awareness about the issue of wastewater network and facilities in order to reduce the technical, economic, social and environmental problems. This is a descriptive-survey research. Questionnaire was used to collect data. Citizens of district 1 of Water and Wastewater of Mashhad were population of this research including 384 people. SPSS 18 was used to analyze data both descriptive and inferential statistics. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used for testing normality of the data. One-sample t-test, chi-square test and Spearman rank correlation test, were used to test hypotheses of research. Both of hypotheses of research were confirmed. Hypotheses are effective including raising awareness of citizens in the implementation and proper operation of wastewater network. The results show there is a direct relationship between knowledge level and education level. Due to management, economic, cultural problems, lack of trust and lack of citizen satisfaction, as well as their low level of awareness, implementation and operation of the facility are faced with a problem. According to the results, developing an educational program for citizens and its implementation by public relations and public education by water and Wastewater Company seems essential.

Wastewater, Citizenship, Education, Operational, Collection System

Mohammadi, Z. , Lahijanian, A. and Mehrabadi, A. (2017) Investigate the Role of Education for Increasing Citizens’ Awareness in the Implementation and Operation of Wastewater Collection System. Open Access Library Journal, 4, 1-14. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1103961.