Ground Water Information Center | MBMG Data Center
Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
Montana Technological University
1300 West Park Street - Natural Resources Building Room 329
Butte Montana 59701-8997
Ph: (406) 496-4336 Fx: (406) 496-4343
3/28/2024
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The following tables summarize the survey responses received by GWIC between November 12th and December 17th, 2010.

To view the responses for an individual customer group, click on the group's hyperlinked customer type. To redisplay all groups, click Show All.


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Customer Types
Customer Type Surveys % Chart
Commercial 0 0 %  
Consultant 0 0 %  
Driller 0 0 %  
Education (Student) 0 0 %  
Education (Teacher) 0 0 %  
Government (County) 0 0 %  
Government (State) 0 0 %  
Government (Federal) 0 0 %  
Industrial 0 0 %  
NRIS 0 0 %  
Public/Landowner 0 0 %  
Realtor 0 0 %  
Surveyor 0 0 %  
Not Reported 10 100 %
Show All 10 100%  

 

1. In the past year how often have you used the GWIC website?
Response Chart Count %
1-4 times   0 0.00%
Monthly 1 10.00%
Weekly 5 50.00%
2-4 times a week 4 40.00%
Daily   0 0.00%
Total Responses   10 100.00%
Did Not Respond   0  

2. How often does the website meet your needs?
Response Chart Count %
None of the time   0 0.00%
Some of the time   0 0.00%
Average   0 0.00%
Often 8 80.00%
Always 2 20.00%
Total Responses   10 100.00%
Did Not Respond   0  

3. How easy is the website to use?
Response Chart Count %
Very Hard   0 0.00%
Medium Hard 2 20.00%
Medium Easy 6 60.00%
Very Easy 2 20.00%
Total Responses   10 100.00%
Did Not Respond   0  

4. How do you value our website service?
Response Chart Count %
No value   0 0.00%
Little value   0 0.00%
Moderate value 1 10.00%
Significant value 3 30.00%
Critical value 6 60.00%
Total Responses   10 100.00%
Did Not Respond   0  

5. How would the loss of GWIC service impact you?
Response Chart Count %
No impact   0 0.00%
Little impact   0 0.00%
Moderate impact   0 0.00%
Significant impact 6 60.00%
Critical impact 4 40.00%
Total Responses   10 100.00%
Did Not Respond   0  

6. How important is it that GWIC data be up to date?
Response Chart Count %
No importance   0 0.00%
Little importance   0 0.00%
Moderate importance 1 10.00%
Significant importance 6 60.00%
Critical importance 3 30.00%
Total Responses   10 100.00%
Did Not Respond   0  

7. How useful are GWIC data in determing drilling depths?
Response Chart Count %
Never   0 0.00%
Rarely   0 0.00%
Generally 2 25.00%
Often 4 50.00%
Always 2 25.00%
Total Responses   8 100.00%
Did Not Respond   2  

8. How useful are GWIC data in completing property sales?
Response Chart Count %
Never   0 0.00%
Rarely   0 0.00%
Generally   0 0.00%
Often 2 66.67%
Always 1 33.33%
Total Responses   3 100.00%
Did Not Respond   7  

9. How useful are GWIC data in dealing with land subdivision issues?
Response Chart Count %
Never   0 0.00%
Rarely   0 0.00%
Generally   0 0.00%
Often 4 80.00%
Always 1 20.00%
Total Responses   5 100.00%
Did Not Respond   5  

10. How useful are GWIC data in completing your ground-water research?
Response Chart Count %
Never   0 0.00%
Rarely   0 0.00%
Generally   0 0.00%
Often 5 55.56%
Always 4 44.44%
Total Responses   9 100.00%
Did Not Respond   1  

11. If you make ground-water management decisions, how often does access to GWIC improve your decision making?
Response Chart Count %
Never   0 0.00%
Rarely   0 0.00%
Generally 3 37.50%
Often 4 50.00%
Always 1 12.50%
Total Responses   8 100.00%
Did Not Respond   2  

12. If you make ground-water development decisions, how often does access to GWIC improve your decision making?
Response Chart Count %
Never   0 0.00%
Rarely   0 0.00%
Generally 2 33.33%
Often 2 33.33%
Always 2 33.33%
Total Responses   6 100.00%
Did Not Respond   4  

13. If you make ground-water protection decisions, how often does access to GWIC improve your decision making?
Response Chart Count %
Never   0 0.00%
Rarely   0 0.00%
Generally 2 28.57%
Often 3 42.86%
Always 2 28.57%
Total Responses   7 100.00%
Did Not Respond   3  

14. Does internet access to GWIC data save you money?
Response Chart Count %
Never   0 0.00%
Rarely   0 0.00%
Generally 2 22.22%
Often 2 22.22%
Always 5 55.56%
Total Responses   9 100.00%
Did Not Respond   1  

15. Is access to GWIC data worth the cost to the taxpayer to provide it?
Response Chart Count %
Never   0 0.00%
Rarely   0 0.00%
Generally   0 0.00%
Often 4 50.00%
Always 4 50.00%
Total Responses   8 100.00%
Did Not Respond   2  

16. Each time you login, access to GWIC provides an estimated economic benefit of...?
* ($ 120.00 / session)
Response Chart Count %
Less than $10   0 0.00%
Between $10 and $100 4 66.67%
Between $101 and $400 2 33.33%
Between $401 and $1000   0 0.00%
Greater than $1000   0 0.00%
Total Responses   6 100.00%
Did Not Respond   4  

* Economic benefit is calculated using a weighted average of responses given. Values assigned per catagory are: (<$10) = $5; ($10-$100) = $55; ($101-$400) = $250; ($401-$1000) = $700; (>$1000) = $1100.


17. How valuable are long-term water-level monitoring records (hydrographs etc.)?
Response Chart Count %
Never   0 0.00%
Rarely 2 25.00%
Generally 2 25.00%
Often 2 25.00%
Always 2 25.00%
Total Responses   8 100.00%
Did Not Respond   2  

18. How often do the Ground-Water Characterization Program and MBMG Projects data reports meet your needs?
Response Chart Count %
I do not use it   0 0.00%
Rarely meets   0 0.00%
Generally meets 1 20.00%
Often meets 4 80.00%
Always meets   0 0.00%
Total Responses   5 100.00%
Did Not Respond   5  

19. How often do Ground-Water Characterization maps meet your needs?
Response Chart Count %
I do not use it   0 0.00%
Rarely meets   0 0.00%
Generally meets 3 60.00%
Often meets 2 40.00%
Always meets   0 0.00%
Total Responses   5 100.00%
Did Not Respond   5  

 

Comments

  • ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS TO GET A GRAVEL MINING PERMIT IN MONTANA IS TO PROVIDE GROUND WATER AND WELL INFORMATION. GWIC IS INVALUABLE IN ACCOMPLISHING THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU CONTINUE IMPROVING YOUR DATABASE OVER TIME. THIS IS ONE GOVERNMENTAL INFORMATION SOURCE THAT PROVIDES VERY USEFUL INFORMATION.
  • SOMETIMES THE WELL INFO IS LISTED IN THE WRONG TOWNSHIP, RANGE AND SECTION - HOW DO YOU BEST CORRECT THIS INFO?

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