Abstract
The study assessed the attitudes of the 213 university staff on the suitability of greywater for irrigation of crops through questionnaires. Even though 68.1% of the participants did not have vegetable gardens at home, 83.4% of them bought vegetables once a week. Most of the participants (74.0%) stated that they would eat vegetables harvested from soil irrigated with greywater, with 77.0% of them being women in the age range of 46-65 years old. Reasons for unwillingness to use greywater for irrigation of crops were that it could contain oil (35.5%), germs (25.8%), faecal matter (16.1%) or chemicals (22.6%). Kitchen greywater was selected as the most unsafe greywater for irrigation by 39.1% of the participants. There was a general acceptance of greywater use and that it should be encouraged by 74.3% of the participants. Education on the importance and safety of greywater for agricultural purposes should be offered to communities.