Expert stakeholder attitudes and support for alternative water sources in a groundwater depleted region

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 437, Issue , 2012, Pages 245-254

  Boyer, Treavor H ^a   Overdevest, Christine ^a   Christiansen, Lisa ^a   Ishii, Stephanie K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Desalination; Reuse; St. Johns River; Sustainability; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

CONSULTING ENGINEERING; DECISION MAKERS; HUMAN HEALTH IMPACTS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; ONLINE SURVEYS; OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS; RESEARCH APPROACH; REUSE; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR; WATER SOURCE; WATER SUPPLY PLANNING; WATER WITHDRAWAL;

CONSERVATION; DESALINATION; ECOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; PUBLIC UTILITIES; SURFACE WATERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER FILTRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

RESEARCH;

GROUND WATER;

DESALINATION; GROUNDWATER; NATURE CONSERVATION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DESALINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUPPORT GROUP; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ATTITUDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; MALE; SALINITY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; SAINT JOHNS RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865545123     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.07.067     Document Type: Article

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