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The question about activities carried out is multiple so we obtain several answers. In the sample (Table 10), walking
(57) results the most frequent water-related recreation activity, then fishing (28), pic-nic (20) and swimming (19).
Table 10: Activities
Activities Tot Activities Tot
bird-watching 3 walking 57
pic-nic 20 hunting 9
swimming 19 boating 1
Fishing 28 other 9
Activities are taken near rivers (61.70% of people) or lakes (15.96%) and creek s(15.96%) (Table 11).
Table 11: Water body
Water body
Tot
River 58
Creek 15
Lake 15
Estuary 1
Other 4
- 1
Tot 94
The 81% of respondents practice water recreation activities in a distance equal or less than 30 km from their home. The
nearest water bodies are rivers or/and creeks (Table 12 and Table 13).
Table 12: Distance between house and the water bodies
Table 13: Joint distribution of distance and water bodies
Km
Tot
=100 4
no answer 15
Tot 242
Distance km
Water - =100 Tot
body used
River 1 19 18 16 2 2 58
Creek 1 2 5 4 3 15
Lake 2 3 3 6 1 15
Estaury 1 1
Other 1 2 1 4
no answer 1 1
Tot 2 24 28 25 11 4 94
People that remember the water bill amount are 123 (50.83%), people that do not remember the water bill amount are
112 (46.28%) and only 7 (2.89%) do not have a water bill. The bill distribution is presented in Table 15.
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