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 [...]

Americans support more spending on water infrastructure

Americans support more spending on water infrastructure Many of President Donald Trump's campaign promises and early moves in office have sparked controversy and highlighted deep divisions within the country. But one of Trump's proposals--spending $1 trillion to fix the nation's infrastructure--has broad, bipartisan support, according to numerous public opinion surveys. Water projects are only expected to [...]

By |May 16th, 2017|Gallup, Infrastructure, Ipsos, MWH Global, United States, Value of Water Coalition|Comments Off on Americans support more spending on water infrastructure