Study of perceptions and evaluations of water consumption in public schools of Recife

Abstract

With increasing population growth, water demand has been intensifying in urban centers, compromising the water supply sources responsible for the cities, whose behavior of users is directly related to the consumption and waste of water resources. In this context, the typologies of school buildings, usually, can be classified as great waste of water, awakening to the importance of encouraging conservation policies. The present study aims to evaluate the main water consumption activities in two public schools and to identify the waste by environment, according to the users' perception for the rational use of this input. The methodology consisted in the application of evaluation questionnaires and forms of observation to determine the users' perception index (IU) of two public schools. The results obtained indicate that, only 64,11% and 64,49% of water consuming activities are carried out rationally, thus some measures, such as environmental education and preventive maintenance of hydrosanitary equipment, are proposed with the intetion of promotion the optimization of water use in school environments.