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3/18/2024 |
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The following tables summarize survey responses received by GWIC during November 2002. 194 of 653 users (30%) who logged in during November answered the survey. To view the responses for an individual customer group, click on their hyperlinked customer type. To redisplay all groups, click Show All. |
Customer Types | |||
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Customer Type | Surveys | % | Chart |
Commercial | 3 | 2 % | |
Consultant | 49 | 25 % | |
Driller | 14 | 7 % | |
Education (Student) | 10 | 5 % | |
Education (Teacher) | 1 | 1 % | |
Government (County) | 12 | 6 % | |
Government (State) | 37 | 19 % | |
Government (Federal) | 4 | 2 % | |
Industrial | 5 | 3 % | |
NRIS | 2 | 1 % | |
Public/Landowner | 12 | 6 % | |
Realtor | 39 | 20 % | |
Surveyor | 6 | 3 % | |
Show All | 194 | 100% |
1. In the past year how often have you used the GWIC website? | |||
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Response | Chart | Count | % |
1-4 times | 41 | 21.69% | |
Monthly | 50 | 26.46% | |
Weekly | 43 | 22.75% | |
2-4 times a week | 36 | 19.05% | |
Daily | 19 | 10.05% | |
Total Responses | 189 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 5 | ||
2. How often does the website meet your needs? | |||
Response | Chart | Count | % |
None of the time | 1 | 0.54% | |
Some of the time | 16 | 8.70% | |
Average | 17 | 9.24% | |
Often | 120 | 65.22% | |
Always | 30 | 16.30% | |
Total Responses | 184 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 10 | ||
3. How easy is the website to use? | |||
Response | Chart | Count | % |
Very Hard | 0 | 0.00% | |
Medium Hard | 12 | 6.49% | |
Medium Easy | 78 | 42.16% | |
Very Easy | 95 | 51.35% | |
Total Responses | 185 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 9 | ||
4. How do you value our website service? | |||
Response | Chart | Count | % |
No value | 0 | 0.00% | |
Little value | 1 | 0.53% | |
Moderate value | 5 | 2.66% | |
Significant value | 103 | 54.79% | |
Critical value | 79 | 42.02% | |
Total Responses | 188 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 6 | ||
5. How would the loss of GWIC service impact you? | |||
Response | Chart | Count | % |
No impact | 1 | 0.53% | |
Little impact | 7 | 3.70% | |
Moderate impact | 30 | 15.87% | |
Significant impact | 78 | 41.27% | |
Critical impact | 73 | 38.62% | |
Total Responses | 189 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 5 | ||
6. How important is is that GWIC contains current data? | |||
Response | Chart | Count | % |
No importance | 0 | 0.00% | |
Little importance | 1 | 0.53% | |
Moderate importance | 7 | 3.72% | |
Significant importance | 93 | 49.47% | |
Critical importance | 87 | 46.28% | |
Total Responses | 188 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 6 | ||
7. How useful are GWIC data in determing drilling depths? | |||
Response | Chart | Count | % |
Never | 0 | 0.00% | |
Rarely | 7 | 4.52% | |
Generally | 29 | 18.71% | |
Often | 81 | 52.26% | |
Always | 38 | 24.52% | |
Total Responses | 155 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 39 | ||
8. How useful are GWIC data in completing property sales? | |||
Response | Chart | Count | % |
Never | 12 | 13.64% | |
Rarely | 9 | 10.23% | |
Generally | 19 | 21.59% | |
Often | 39 | 44.32% | |
Always | 9 | 10.23% | |
Total Responses | 88 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 106 | ||
9. How useful are GWIC data in dealing with land subdivision issues? | |||
Response | Chart | Count | % |
Never | 10 | 9.17% | |
Rarely | 3 | 2.75% | |
Generally | 24 | 22.02% | |
Often | 41 | 37.61% | |
Always | 31 | 28.44% | |
Total Responses | 109 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 85 | ||
10. How useful are GWIC data in completing your ground-water research? | |||
Response | Chart | Count | % |
Never | 1 | 0.58% | |
Rarely | 1 | 0.58% | |
Generally | 26 | 15.12% | |
Often | 77 | 44.77% | |
Always | 67 | 38.95% | |
Total Responses | 172 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 22 | ||
11. If you make ground-water management decisions, how often does access to GWIC improve your decision making? | |||
Response | Chart | Count | % |
Never | 3 | 3.49% | |
Rarely | 4 | 4.65% | |
Generally | 17 | 19.77% | |
Often | 45 | 52.33% | |
Always | 17 | 19.77% | |
Total Responses | 86 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 108 | ||
12. If you make ground-water development decisions, how often does access to GWIC improve your decision making? | |||
Response | Chart | Count | % |
Never | 4 | 4.44% | |
Rarely | 5 | 5.56% | |
Generally | 16 | 17.78% | |
Often | 47 | 52.22% | |
Always | 18 | 20.00% | |
Total Responses | 90 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 104 | ||
13. If you make ground-water protection decisions, how often does access to GWIC improve your decision making? | |||
Response | Chart | Count | % |
Never | 3 | 3.00% | |
Rarely | 10 | 10.00% | |
Generally | 11 | 11.00% | |
Often | 51 | 51.00% | |
Always | 25 | 25.00% | |
Total Responses | 100 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 94 | ||
14. Does internet access to GWIC data save you money? | |||
Response | Chart | Count | % |
Never | 3 | 1.84% | |
Rarely | 7 | 4.29% | |
Generally | 24 | 14.72% | |
Often | 40 | 24.54% | |
Always | 89 | 54.60% | |
Total Responses | 163 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 31 | ||
15. Is access to GWIC data worth the cost to the taxpayer to provide it? | |||
Response | Chart | Count | % |
Never | 1 | 0.58% | |
Rarely | 0 | 0.00% | |
Generally | 17 | 9.83% | |
Often | 34 | 19.65% | |
Always | 121 | 69.94% | |
Total Responses | 173 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 21 | ||
16. Each time you login, access to GWIC provides an economic benefit of...?
* ($ 159.51 / session ) |
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Response | Chart | Count | % |
Less than $10 | 21 | 18.58% | |
Between $10 and $100 | 64 | 56.64% | |
Between $101 and $400 | 16 | 14.16% | |
Between $401 and $1000 | 7 | 6.19% | |
Greater than $1000 | 5 | 4.42% | |
Total Responses | 113 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 81 | ||
* 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. |
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17. How often does the Wells - Printable report meet your needs? | |||
Response | Chart | Count | % |
I do not use it | 3 | 1.70% | |
Rarely meets | 5 | 2.84% | |
Generally meets | 27 | 15.34% | |
Often meets | 89 | 50.57% | |
Always meets | 52 | 29.55% | |
Total Responses | 176 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 18 | ||
18. How often does the Wells - Download report meet your needs? | |||
Response | Chart | Count | % |
I do not use it | 19 | 13.01% | |
Rarely meets | 3 | 2.05% | |
Generally meets | 23 | 15.75% | |
Often meets | 67 | 45.89% | |
Always meets | 34 | 23.29% | |
Total Responses | 146 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 48 | ||
19. How often does the Lithology report meet your needs? | |||
Response | Chart | Count | % |
I do not use it | 20 | 14.18% | |
Rarely meets | 14 | 9.93% | |
Generally meets | 39 | 27.66% | |
Often meets | 49 | 34.75% | |
Always meets | 19 | 13.48% | |
Total Responses | 141 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 53 | ||
20. How often does the SWL Summary report meet your needs? | |||
Response | Chart | Count | % |
I do not use it | 21 | 17.21% | |
Rarely meets | 5 | 4.10% | |
Generally meets | 39 | 31.97% | |
Often meets | 37 | 30.33% | |
Always meets | 20 | 16.39% | |
Total Responses | 122 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 72 | ||
21. How often does the Field Visit report meet your needs? | |||
Response | Chart | Count | % |
I do not use it | 39 | 39.80% | |
Rarely meets | 6 | 6.12% | |
Generally meets | 24 | 24.49% | |
Often meets | 18 | 18.37% | |
Always meets | 11 | 11.22% | |
Total Responses | 98 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 96 | ||
22. How often does the Water Quality report meet your needs? | |||
Response | Chart | Count | % |
I do not use it | 23 | 20.35% | |
Rarely meets | 11 | 9.73% | |
Generally meets | 34 | 30.09% | |
Often meets | 31 | 27.43% | |
Always meets | 14 | 12.39% | |
Total Responses | 113 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 81 | ||
23. How often does the One page Site/Well report meet your needs? | |||
Response | Chart | Count | % |
I do not use it | 10 | 6.90% | |
Rarely meets | 3 | 2.07% | |
Generally meets | 25 | 17.24% | |
Often meets | 72 | 49.66% | |
Always meets | 35 | 24.14% | |
Total Responses | 145 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 49 | ||
24. How often does the One page SWL hydrograph report meet your needs? | |||
Response | Chart | Count | % |
I do not use it | 26 | 26.00% | |
Rarely meets | 6 | 6.00% | |
Generally meets | 20 | 20.00% | |
Often meets | 33 | 33.00% | |
Always meets | 15 | 15.00% | |
Total Responses | 100 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 94 | ||
25. How often does the One page water-quality analysis report meet your needs? | |||
Response | Chart | Count | % |
I do not use it | 24 | 23.30% | |
Rarely meets | 9 | 8.74% | |
Generally meets | 28 | 27.18% | |
Often meets | 28 | 27.18% | |
Always meets | 14 | 13.59% | |
Total Responses | 103 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 91 | ||
26. How often do the Ground-Water Characterization Program and MBMG Projects data reports meet your needs? | |||
Response | Chart | Count | % |
Never | 2 | 2.30% | |
Rarely | 4 | 4.60% | |
Generally | 28 | 32.18% | |
Often | 47 | 54.02% | |
Always | 6 | 6.90% | |
Total Responses | 87 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 107 | ||
27. How often do the Ground-Water Characterization maps meet your needs? | |||
Response | Chart | Count | % |
Never | 3 | 3.41% | |
Rarely | 9 | 10.23% | |
Generally | 27 | 30.68% | |
Often | 41 | 46.59% | |
Always | 8 | 9.09% | |
Total Responses | 88 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 106 | ||
28. Would you use a search by drainage basin option? | |||
Response | Chart | Count | % |
No | 32 | 25.00% | |
Yes | 96 | 75.00% | |
Total Responses | 128 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 66 | ||
29. Would you use a search by geologic source option? | |||
Response | Chart | Count | % |
No | 37 | 28.46% | |
Yes | 93 | 71.54% | |
Total Responses | 130 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 64 | ||
30. Would you use an interactive web-based mapping application? | |||
Response | Chart | Count | % |
No | 9 | 6.04% | |
Yes | 140 | 93.96% | |
Total Responses | 149 | 100.00% | |
Did Not Respond | 45 | ||
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