Knowledge gaps and education opportunities on direct potable reuse: Interviews with customers of a large, southwestern United States water utility.

ABSTRACT: Water scarcity is a global public health threat that has increased urgency in implementing new sustainable practices to protect water supplies, such as the use of direct potable reuse, or "advanced water purification (AWP)". The study objective was to use interviews to characterize knowledge gaps and community outreach strategies to increase successful AWP implementation in an arid city in the southwestern United States. Through partnership with a water utility in an urbanized area of Arizona, 6000 individuals were emailed for invitation to participate in interviews. Interviews were conducted over Zoom and transcribed verbatim. Transcripts underwent inductive thematic analysis. Twenty-two individuals participated in interviews, and saturation of themes was reached. Five main themes emerged

SUBMITTER: Wilson AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12574981 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature