Recycled water, the secondary water source of a city, is vital to alleviate regional water resource shortage and promote environmental conservation. The attitude and acceptance toward recycled water of the public, its direct user, hold the key to the implementation of a recycled water project. Currently, the public’s low intention of using recycled water constitutes the biggest obstacle to its popularization. To identify the factors of public acceptance of recycled water and their influence path, this study analyzes the effect mechanism of information disclosure of recycled water on the public’s acceptance of it based on the consciousness-context-behavior theory and by adopting a structural equation model. The results are as follows: (1) The public’s consciousness of water saving, risk perception of recycled water, and consciousness of environmental responsibility can effectively promote public acceptance of recycled water; (2) The consciousness of water saving and that of environmental responsibility have a significant effect on public acceptance of recycled water, and so do the consciousness of water saving and the risk perception of recycled water; and (3) Recycled water information disclosure has the most significant regulatory effect on consciousness and public acceptance.

循环水是城市的次要水源，对于缓解区域水资源短缺和促进环境保护至关重要。公众（直接用户）对再生水的态度和接受程度是实施再生水项目的关键。当前，公众对使用再生水的低意愿构成了其普及的最大障碍。为了确定公众对再生水的接受程度及其影响路径，本研究基于意识-行为-行为理论，并采用结构方程模型，分析了再生水信息公开对公众接受程度的影响机理。结果如下：（1）公众的节水意识，对循环水的风险感知，对环境负责的意识可以有效地促进公众对再生水的接受；（2）节水意识和环境责任意识对公众对循环水的接受程度有显着影响，节水意识和对循环水的风险感知也是如此；（3）循环水信息公开对意识和公众接受的影响最大。