Conservation in the West poll: findings on water-related public opinion

Conservation in the West poll: findings on water-related public opinion The 2018 edition of Colorado College's Conservation in the West Poll has once again found strong support for protecting the region's water resources, as well as increasing concern about both quality and supply issues. When asked about environmental problems, "low levels of water in rivers" [...]

By |July 12th, 2018|American West, Conservation, Conservation in the West, Fairbank Maslin Maullin Metz & Associates, Issues, Public Opinion Strategies, Quality, Supply|Comments Off on Conservation in the West poll: findings on water-related public opinion

Q&A with Wade Crowfoot, CEO of the Water Foundation

Q&A with Wade Crowfoot, CEO of the Water Foundation Wade Crowfoot, CEO of Water Foundation What do Westerners think about water issues? What worries them? What policies do they support? Where is there consensus and division? To answer these questions, the Water Foundation recently commissioned a wide-ranging public opinion survey of voters in [...]

By |November 15th, 2017|American West, Climate change, Conservation, Cost, Drought, Groundwater, Infrastructure, Quality, Supply|Comments Off on Q&A with Wade Crowfoot, CEO of the Water Foundation

Presentation: Insights on Customer Attitudes Toward Water

Presentation: Insights on Customer Attitudes Toward Water I recently delivered a presentation on water-related public opinion to the annual meeting of the California Water Association in Monterey. Feel free to use slides from this PowerPoint deck in your work. Here's an embed from SlideShare, where you can also view, download, and share the presentation: Insights on [...]

By |November 9th, 2017|American West, California, Climate change, Conservation, Drought, Infrastructure, Quality, Recycled water, Supply|Comments Off on Presentation: Insights on Customer Attitudes Toward Water

12 takeaways from new Water Foundation poll of 12 Western states

12 takeaways from new Water Foundation poll of 12 Western states A new Water Foundation poll of voters in 12 Western states has found a convergence of opinion on water problems and solutions. To be sure, there are partisan, geographic, and demographic differences in the sprawling, diverse region, but overall the results point to more [...]

Q&A with Nelson Switzer, Chief Sustainability Officer at Nestlé Waters

Q&A with Nelson Switzer, Chief Sustainability Officer at Nestlé Waters Nelson Switzer, Chief Sustainability Officer at Nestlé Waters North America. Photo courtesy of Nestlé Waters North America. A May 2017 poll sponsored by Nestlé Waters North America found that 66 percent of U.S. consumers think their own community’s water supply is at risk. [...]

By |August 15th, 2017|Climate change, Infrastructure, Quality, Supply, United States|Comments Off on Q&A with Nelson Switzer, Chief Sustainability Officer at Nestlé Waters

New PPIC poll finds less concern over California’s water supply

New PPIC water poll finds less concern over state's supply A new poll from the Public Policy Institute of California has found that Californians' concerns about their water supply have decreased since wetter weather has returned to the state. Nevertheless, many Californians remain worried about their water and plenty still want to see local governments [...]

By |August 10th, 2017|California, Conservation, Drought, Public Policy Institute of California, Supply|Comments Off on New PPIC poll finds less concern over California’s water supply

Measuring the yuck factor: recycled water and public opinion

Measuring the yuck factor: recycled water and public opinion Some people call it "purified water." Others deride the process of turning wastewater into potable supplies as "toilet to tap." Whatever you call it, recycling sewage into drinking water is something we're likely to see more of as communities look for new sources to support growing [...]

By |July 25th, 2017|California, Communications, Drought, Quality, Supply|Comments Off on Measuring the yuck factor: recycled water and public opinion

Most Americans think climate change is already impacting water supply

Most Americans think climate change is already impacting water supply A new survey sponsored by Nestlé Waters North America has found 66% of U.S. consumers think their own community's water supply is at risk and 71% believe climate change is impacting access to clean water. The May 2016 survey, conducted by market research firm PSB, [...]

By |July 12th, 2017|Climate change, Infrastructure, PSB Research, Quality, Supply, United States|Comments Off on Most Americans think climate change is already impacting water supply

Q&A with pollster Dave Metz

Q&A: my interview with pollster Dave Metz Pollster Dave Metz Dave Metz is one of the nation’s leading experts on public opinion related to water and other natural resource issues. Metz, a partner at Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates, has provided opinion research and strategic guidance to hundreds of non-profits, government agencies, [...]

Water-related findings in new Conservation in the West Poll

Water-related findings in new Conservation in the West Poll The Conservation in the West Poll of voters in seven Mountain West states has once again found bipartisan backing for protecting the region's water, land, and other natural resources. Since 2011, Colorado College's State of the Rockies Project has released its annual survey, which probes public attitudes toward environmental [...]

By |April 19th, 2017|American West, Conservation, Conservation in the West, Drought, Supply|Comments Off on Water-related findings in new Conservation in the West Poll