AUTHOR=Vila-Tojo Sergio , Gómez-Román Cristina , Sabucedo Jose-Manuel TITLE=The role of information and participation in overcoming users’ initial reluctance: a case study of a decentralized wastewater treatment plant JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=15 YEAR=2024 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1445320 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1445320 ISSN=1664-1078 ABSTRACT=
Decentralized wastewater treatment systems are a potential solution to the water crisis. However, in addition to advanced technology, successful implementation of these systems requires broad public willingness to use them. This paper presents the results of a three-phase psychosocial intervention with the users of a business building where a decentralized wastewater treatment plant was installed. The intervention, motivated by complaints from users due to their lack of knowledge about the existence of the plant, aimed at understanding and improving users’ perceptions of the building’s decentralized system. In the first phase, we conducted a focus group with a sample of workers (