Attitudes of Kaw Valley Residents toward Surface Water Quality

Abstract

This report is based on an investigation of attitudes toward surface water quality in the Kansas (Kaw) River Valley. The purpose of the study is to help determine what actions Kaw Valley residents and farmers are willing to take to help improve surface water quality in the Kaw Valley. Specifically, the report uses results from focus groups and telephone surveys to address five questions:

1) What beliefs do residents have about the current state of surface water quality in the Kaw Valley? 2) How concerned are residents about the current state of surface water quality in the Kaw Valley? 3) What beliefs do people have about the impact of their personal actions on surface water quality in the Kaw Valley? 4) What behaviors would people be willing to change to improve the surface water quality in the Kaw Valley? 5) What would motivate people to make these changes?