Water Quality No. 1 Priority in Northwest Arkansas Survey

Greater than two-thirds of northwest Arkansas residents think about defending water high quality a excessive precedence, in line with a survey carried out by the Northwest Arkansas Council.

The council carried out the survey from Feb. 15 via March 25 to offer perception for its Infrastructure Work Group. The council desires the group to work with the area’s companies and municipalities to assist direct funding from the area’s portion of the $1 trillion federal infrastructure invoice just lately handed.

“The area’s fast development makes it important for the council to work to make sure that we’re doing every thing attainable as we pursue federal grants,” Council CEO Nelson Peacock stated. “The survey confirmed many issues we believed to be true but in addition supplied some stunning insights.”

Greater than 4,000 folks participated within the survey. When requested their prime precedence for the area, greater than 42% stated water high quality was their prime precedence and 24.5% stated it was their second.

Different high-ranking points in line with the survey have been constructing extra highways, which was ranked as the highest precedence by 26.8% of respondents and second precedence by 15.3%, and recycling, which was ranked first by 7.1% and second by 22%.

When requested in the event that they have been prepared to pay extra for his or her consuming water if the extra charges would go to guard the realm’s lakes and rivers, 65% stated they’d.

Greater than 80% of respondents stated increasing public transportation was an necessary difficulty to maintain tempo with the rising inhabitants in northwest Arkansas. Barely lower than 50% of respondents stated they’d assist the passage of a brand new gross sales tax for extra buses and routes.