Traditional water harvesting systems are multi‐functional in nature and provide a variety of ecosystem services that contribute to the overall wellbeing of local people. This study aims to identify and analyze the factors influencing the variations in the level of awareness across households residing around three selected traditional water bodies in the Indian state of West Bengal. Ordinary least square (OLS) regression models have been used to identify and analyze the determinants of household perception on ecosystem services from tank water bodies. Results show that while a majority of households have strong perceptions on the provisioning and cultural ecosystem services of the tanks, the household perceptions on regulating and supporting services of the tank is found to be relatively weak. Households belonging to lower caste and poor are likely to be more dependent on ecosystem services from tanks than upper caste and rich households, and hence they have better perceptions of provisioning ecosystem services. Households’ awareness about provisioning ecosystem services is negatively related to their level of education and wealth. It is observed that household awareness about regulating and supporting ecosystem services is positively associated with the level of education of the households, ownership of tube well and private tanks. While it is essential to consider household perception on all the ecosystem services for sustainable use and management of traditional water harvesting systems, incorporating the local norms, customs and preferences in policy design are critical for achieving effective conservation outcomes.

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传统水体和生态系统服务：来自印度西孟加拉邦的经验证据

传统的集水系统本质上是多功能的，并提供各种生态系统服务，有助于当地人民的整体福祉。这项研究旨在确定和分析影响印度西孟加拉邦三个选定的传统水域周围的住户之间的意识水平差异的因素。普通最小二乘（OLS）回归模型已用于识别和分析家庭对罐水体生态系统服务感知的决定因素。结果表明，尽管大多数家庭对储罐的供应和文化生态系统服务有很强的认识，但发现家庭对储罐的调节和支持服务的认识相对较弱。属于低种姓和穷人的家庭可能比靠上种姓和富裕家庭更依赖坦克的生态系统服务，因此他们对提供生态系统服务的认识更好。家庭对提供生态系统服务的认识与他们的教育程度和财富水平负相关。据观察，家庭对调节和支持生态系统服务的认识与家庭的教育水平，管井和私人储罐的所有权成正比。尽管必须考虑到家庭对所有生态系统服务的认识，以可持续利用和管理传统的集水系统，但在政策设计中纳入当地规范，习俗和优惠对于实现有效的保护成果至关重要。