Clean Water West Needs Survey

This document summarizes the findings from the first piece of the Clean Water West Project campaign plan -- a needs survey. The survey was conducted in September 2008 via an online survey. In addition, a small group of river leaders were interviewed as followup, and their observations on the survey findings were incorporated into this report.

On the whole responses endorsed our straw man proposal for “core pieces” of the Project. The regional policy analysis, in-depth partnerships, and regional forums were embraced. However, the results were not simply a wholesale endorsement—the results provided a much more detailed look at how we need to design the core pieces and added a few truly new pieces to consider.

We found the strong, positive response to the Clean Water West Needs Survey heartening for the Project. In addition, we learned a lot about the challenges we’ll face with implementing the Project. For more detail, explore the report below.

• Executive Summary (PDF, 1.22 MB)

• Full report (PDF, 1.25 MB)

• Appendices: Word documents

  • Appendix A: Problem pollutants open-ended response questions compilation
  • Appendix B: Pollution sources open-ended response questions compilation
  • Appendix C: Tool usage open-ended response questions compilation
  • Appendix D: Outstanding Resource Waters open-ended response questions compilation
  • Appendix E: Federal lands open-ended response questions compilation
  • Appendix F: Limiting factors open-ended response questions compilation
  • Appendix G: Clean Water West tools open-ended response questions compilation