Assessment of the knowledge, attitudes, management practice and public health impacts of household liquid waste at Burayu Sub- City, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Abstract

Domestic liquid waste is the end water produced from household, industrial and health centers. Liquid waste was released from day to day human activities for food preparation, washing, bathing, and from toilet usage. This study is aimed at the overall assessment of the knowledge, attitudes, management practices and public health impacts of household liquid waste at Burayu Sub-City. Specifically, the study focused on objectives which comprise the identify the major types of liquid waste, to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices of the communities towards solid waste management, and to examine the public health impacts of liquid wastes in the study area. The survey was worked in Gefersa Burayu, Ejersa Goro, Ane Dima and Keta Woreda’s. The study was employed by simple random sampling to assuring for sample size of the respondents and the study was adopted descriptive research design. Analysis of respondents' perceptions revealed that, the major types of liquid waste generated into the environment. Most of (43.4%) respondents were agreed to release liquid waste sludge from bathing, kitchen sinks, and clothes, while few of (11.2%) respondent’s had neutral perception that, fats, oils and grease was flow on the surface of their area land. About (47.9%) respondents were disagreed that there was sufficient community knowledge and attitude towards liquid waste management and few of (3%) respondents were strongly agreed. The study revealed that regarding to their practice towards liquid waste management. The majority of respondents (48.2%) were disagreed and few of (7.02%) respondents were strongly agreed, that household liquid waste management practices were careless and the main causes of environmental pollution. The investigation of respondents' perceptions revealed that, impacts of liquid waste on public health. Majority of respondents (50.9%) perception were strongly agreed with the statement of liquid waste released from individual households and few of (6.9%) respondents were disagreed. This argument was indicated that a linear relationship (R=0.87) on public health. Liquid waste and public health problem had strong positive relationship. The value of r square was 0.757; shows that, cumulative liquid waste explained 75.7% variation of public health problem in Burayu Sub-City. However, 24.3 % of the societal health problem was mention by others factor. The researcher recommends that the concerning body should be environmental safeguards to keep their surrounding clean and improving the standards of liquid waste management on the issue of environmental protection. Society would be enables to manage liquid waste and attain to clean environment that suites to live in.