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Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
Montana Technological University
1300 West Park Street - Natural Resources Building Room 329
Butte Montana 59701-8997
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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 50 100 %
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 0 0 %  
Show All 50 100%  

 

In the past year how often have you used the GWIC website? No Comment
0		 1-4 times
7		 Monthly
21		 Weekly
10		 2-4/week
11		 Daily
1
How often does the website meet your needs? No Comment
0		 None of the time
0		 Some of the time
0		 Average
4		 Often
38		 Always
8
How easy is the website to use? No Comment
0		 Very Hard
0		 Medium Hard
1		 Medium Easy
22		 Very Easy
27		  
How do you value our website service? No Comment
3		 No Value
0		 Little Value
0		 Moderate Value
1		 Significant Value
23		 Critical Value
23
How would the loss of GWIC service impact you? No Comment
2		 No Impact
0		 Little Impact
0		 Moderate Impact
5		 Significant Impact
18		 Critical Impact
25
How important is is that GWIC contains current data? No Comment
1		 No Importance
0		 Little Importance
0		 Moderate Importance
5		 Significant Importance
24		 Critical Importance
20
Data, decision making, and cost benefit
How useful are GWIC data in determing drilling depths? No Comment
2		 Never
1		 Rarely
3		 Generally
12		 Often
27		 Always
5
How useful are GWIC data in completing property sales? No Comment
32		 Never
7		 Rarely
3		 Generally
3		 Often
5		 Always
0
How useful are GWIC data in dealing with land subdivision issues? No Comment
17		 Never
3		 Rarely
3		 Generally
4		 Often
13		 Always
10
How useful are GWIC data in completing your ground-water research? No Comment
1		 Never
0		 Rarely
0		 Generally
4		 Often
29		 Always
16
If you make ground-water management decisions, how often does access to GWIC improve your decision making? No Comment
22		 Never
0		 Rarely
2		 Generally
8		 Often
15		 Always
3
If you make ground-water development decisions, how often does access to GWIC improve your decision making? No Comment
15		 Never
0		 Rarely
2		 Generally
9		 Often
18		 Always
6
If you make ground-water protection decisions, how often does access to GWIC improve your decision making? No Comment
19		 Never
0		 Rarely
5		 Generally
6		 Often
17		 Always
3
Does internet access to GWIC data save you money? No Comment
0		 Never
0		 Rarely
0		 Generally
4		 Often
22		 Always
24
Is access to GWIC data worth the cost to the taxpayer to provide it? No Comment
3		 Never
0		 Rarely
0		 Generally
2		 Often
11		 Always
34
Each time you login, access to GWIC provides an economic benefit of...?
* ($ 175.81 / session) 		No Comment
19		 < $10
3		 $10 - $100
17		 $101 - $400
8		 $401 - $1000
2		 > $1000
1
Water Levels, Map Products, and MBMG Projects
How valuable are long-term water-level monitoring records (hydrographs etc.)? No Comment
8		 Never
0		 Rarely
4		 Generally
11		 Often
16		 Always
11
How often do the Ground-Water Characterization Program and MBMG Projects data reports meet your needs? No Comment
16		 Never
1		 Rarely
4		 Generally
11		 Often
15		 Always
3
How often do the Ground-Water Characterization maps meet your needs? No Comment
22		 Never
2		 Rarely
8		 Generally
6		 Often
11		 Always
1

 

Comments

  • I AM THE OWNER OF A REAL ESTATE RESEARCH AND MAPPING BUSINESS, LOCATED IN HAMILTON MONTANA AND FIND THE GWIC DATA BASE A VERY USEFULL TOOL IN HELPING THE PUBLIC FILE FOR EXISTING WELLS AND DOCUMENTING WELL LOG HISTORIES. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

  • THIS SERVICE SAVES ME AND MY STAFF CONSIDERABLE TIME, AND THEREFORE, SAVES OUR CLIENTS THE COSTS THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH HAVING TO GO TO THE WATER RIGHTS BUREAU TO RESEARCH WELL LOGS. I'M SURE IT ALSO SAVES THE REGULATORY STAFFS OF VARIOUS AGENCIES MUCH TIME AND, THEREFORE, TAX MONEY.

  • WE'VE ENTERED THE 21ST CENTURY, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. ALL PUBLIC DATA SHOULD BE THIS EASY TO OBTAIN.

  • I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SEARCH OPTION BE ABLE TO BE FURTHER REFINED DOWN TO QUARTER SECTION... BUT THAT'S THE ONLY REQUEST I CAN THINK OF NOW. GREAT WEBSITE!

  • PROVIDING A LINK TO SPATIAL MAPPING SITES SUCH AS NRIS MIGHT HELP NEWER USERS. ALSO, IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO QUERY WELLS BY GIS {SEL_ECT} ION. OTHERWISE, THE SITE HAS BEEN A MAINSTAY IN MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER. LUKE AND HIS STAFF ARE VERY RESPONSIVE TO COMMENTS AND HELPFUL WITH GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF DISCREPANCIES.

  • GREAT RESOURCE, VERY HELPFUL. ONE COMMENT: IT WOULD BE BETTER IF GWIC LOGS PRINTED OUT ON ONE PAGE, INSTEAD OF A TINY PORTION ON A SECOND PAGE WHEN THAT SEEMS UNNECESSARY.

  • PLEASE DON'T GET RID OF GWIC, PLEASE DON'T CHARGE (BY INDIVIDUAL USE) FOR IT (COMPANY APPROVAL FOR INTERNET CHARGES IS VERY DIFFICULT). IF FEES ARE TO BE REQUIRED PLEASE MAKE IT AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP OR SOMETHING SIMILAR. THE PRIMARY DRAWBACK TO THE PROGRAM IS SITE LOCATION ACCURACY. I SUSPECT THIS COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE ENTITY FILLING THE LOG, BUT IT IS TOO COMMON TO FIND A WELL LOG THAT IS OBVIOIUSLY IRRONEOUS IN A SEARCH. ENCOURAGING ACCURATE LOCATION DETERMINATION BY THOSE FILLING LOGS MAY HELP. THANK YOU!

  • ACCURACY OF DATA PRESENTED. SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO WELL LOCATION DATA ENTRY ERRORS, OR VERIFICATION OF ACTUAL LOCATION. A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF WELLS VIEWED ON THE GWIC SITE HAVE HAD ERRONEOUS TOWNSHIP RANGE LOCATIONS THAT CAN CAUSE SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF TIME WHEN CONDUCTING FIELD WORK.

  • GWIC IS A CRITICAL TOOL USED IN BY BUSINESS!! THANK YOU GWIC!

  • THE GWIC WEBSITE SHOULD HAVE A DATA BASE THAT COULD BE UPDATED BY QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS (DRILLERS, LAND DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS,ETC.) THAT CAN ASSOCIATE A WELL LOG WITH A RESPECTIVE GEOCODE. I DON'T THINK UPDATING THE DATA BASE IS WORTH SPENDING TAX PAYER DOLLARS ON.

  • THE SEARCH METHOD FOR OBTAINING DATA IS A BIT CUMBERSOME AT TIMES AND AN INTERACTIVE MAP FEATURE WOULD SPEED UP LOCATION OF DATA RELEVENT TO A PROJECT. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE MONETARY VALUE OF THE DATA PROVIDED THROUGH GWIC. THE DATA DISTRIBUTED IS PROVIDED BY TAXPAYERS AND THE COST TO OBTAIN THE DATA HAS ALREADY BEEN DEFRAYED BY THE TAXPAYERS DUE TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS TO FILE THE DATA FOLLOWING WELL CONSTRUCTION. CHARGING FOR ACCESS TO THE DATA WILL SIMPLY REDUCE THE EFFORTS TAKEN TO PROTECT WATER RESOURCES AND INCREASE THE FREQUENCY OF NON-COMPLIANCE. THE ONE INHERENT DRAWBACK TO THE DATA ARE THE SOURCE. THESE WELL LOGS ARE GENERATED BY DRILLERS OR CONSULTANTS AND THERE IS VERY LITTLE TO VERIFY ACCURACY. IT IS KNOWN THAT SOME DRILLERS POTENTIALLY FALSIFY INFORMATION IN AN ATTEMPT TO CURB COMPETITORS OR INCREASE THE PRODUCTIVITY OF THE WELL TO PASSIVATE THE CLIENTS. FREQUENTLY, THE WELL CAPACITY BASED UPON AIR LIFT IS ERRONEOUS AND EXCEEDS THE TRUE CAPACITY BY A FACTOR OF 2 OR MORE.

  • GREAT WORK. THANKS.

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