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This paper was about Lubbock water. We were a group in the class, ESL5301 Advanced Writing, and this paper was our final assignment. In the introduction, background knowledge, literature review and how people thought in general were provided. Furthermore, we had done 150 surveys, and translated the outcomes into charts to make the data more easily digested. According to those charts, we found some interesting points that we could discuss. They were the most challengeable and interesting parts in the paper. The paper would give deeper aspects in Lubbock water after you read them. (S.Y.H.)

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This report is about the study that we did with 150 people and their perception about the water crisis in the city of Lubbock. We used questionnaires to collect the data. In the questionnaires we included specific questions, to give us a clearer idea of the perceptions of the people, besides separating our population into male and female, Texans, non-Texans and internationals, also students and non-Students. Most of the questionnaires were done within Texas Tech University, and it was eight surveys per person. The total of the questionnaires was carefully analyzed with the aim of being as objective as possible. The results were interpreted with graphs, in which we find different results to each of our questions. This indicates to us that there are differences in what people think, and how concerned they are about the water crisis in the city of Lubbock, and with these results we respond to our hypotheses and give the reader actual information. Who is more informed about this issue? Who is more concerned? Besides who really is willing to do something to save water? These are questions we must answer in order to find and propose real and workable solutions. (J.P.)

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This paper reports the study of 150 people's perception about water crisis in the city of Lubbock. We used questionnaires to gather the information. We brought some specific questions to confirm our hypotheses about the differences in perceptions among males and females, Texans, non-Texans, students and non-students. We tried to get eight people each person, and except for a few of them, most of them were in Texas Tech University.  All 150 completed surveys were analyzed. We used the quantitative method and provided some charts for questions. We interpreted our results from the excel program, and used its charts. We found different results for each hypothesis and question. Our findings indicated that there were some differences among people's attitudes in manifold issues. (S.H.)

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            Survey method was applied in a class research project, ESL 5301 at Texas Tech University, to explore if residents in the area of Lubbock, Texas, had a positive perception towards water issues and whether there was any difference in men's and women's perception, or students' and non-students' attitude about water conservation. 150 surveys were delivered to residents primarily on the Texas Tech University campus by seventeen members of the research group. Data were synthesized by using Microsoft Excel software. The result showed that people had a positive perception towards water issues in the area with a slight difference between male and female subjects' attitudes. Student and non-student population also made reverse outcomes in which non-student subjects exposed a knowledge about water issues in the area, whereas student subjects were slightly less experienced about those issues. Future studies should focus on experiments to elucidate these initial explorations. (D.P.)

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Water crisis is an important natural resource issue several parts of the USA, and our focus is the City of Lubbock in Texas. Inherent in many natural and people related issues is the causal link between water facts and conservation behaviors that affect water quality and quantity. This article interprets the results of a survey on attitudes and perceptions of Lubbock water crisis from random 150 people in Lubbock’s population. The goal of the survey was to assess attitudes and perceptions of water crisis and how people are aware of that, and factors affecting them. We assess the influence of attitudes and perceptions regarding the gender, Texan, non-Texan and internationals and students and non-students. We found several statistically significant non-knowledge factors that showed awareness of Lubbock water crisis: perceived awareness of water between women and men, and between Texan and non-Texan; interest in certain types of water issues (for example fracking); general environmental attitudes; and demographics. These results highlight the importance of a number of non-knowledge factors in water crisis, and suggest a number of factors that could inform targeted approaches to influence differing audiences. (S.G.)

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             In this report, we did a research survey to find out how much people are aware of dangers of water problems and what information they know about the water problems in order to overcome the water crisis in Lubbock, Texas. As found by research surveys, Americans from Texas were not sure of their knowledge. They knew some information but not in detail. In addition, female participants were more knowledgeable about Lubbock water; and they considered environmental issues more than males. Unlike when I expected, student and non-student participants knew very similarly about Lubbock water and information. And also, only a few Americans from Texas agreed with restrictions for farmers, yet others were less concerned about restrictions for farmers in Lubbock. Last, the most important issue that participants thought about was water pollution.  (-MK)

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It is a common idea that in Texas and Colorado, the water resources have declined in recent years. And we were a group which was doing a research study in order to find out how people felt about the Lubbock water situation. We did a survey about the situation of water in Lubbock, and by analyzing this survey, we find out that there are some different views between men and women; students and non-students; Texas residents and international residents. (-KQ)

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This paper reports on a study of peoples’ attitudes and awareness of the Lubbock water crisis. Conclusions are made based on the data from a survey of one hundred and fifty people within the TTU community. This paper presents the differences and similarities of attitudes and awareness between students and non-students, males and females, and the Texans and non-Texans. Furthermore, possible reasons for such results are discussed in the discussion section. Finally, the paper concludes that controlling Lubbock’s water crisis will not be a big problem with peoples’ support considering the results about the perception of Lubbock’s people. (-C.D.)

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Almost no information exists regarding public perceptions and attitudes toward water in Lubbock. This study fills in this gap by providing information about attitudes of people in Lubbock from survey data. From these data, women in Lubbock were found to express greater concerns for the local environmental issues than men. However, men and women were equally concerned about global environmental issues. Those who were more knowledgeable about Lubbock water supply were found to be more likely to support restrictions both for farmers and for the city than those who were not knowledgeable. Texans were found to be more likely to support water restrictions both for the city and for farmers than non-Texans. In fact, the majority of Texans supported water restrictions. We also found that students and non-students were equally worried about Lubbock’s ability to get water in the future. (-HS)

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A large number of cities in West Texas are experiencing one of the worst droughts in the last hundred years; Lubbock, one of the bigger cities in this area, is no different. Lubbock’s water supplies have historically varied between groundwater and surface water. The City of Lubbock would like its people to believe that the water situation is a manageable. This belief is also of paramount importance to the city’s current and future growth. This belief though has to be thoroughly verified and validated, because of the various conflicting data that is available. Our research would help determine whether the city’s population has been actively keeping up with the water crisis. The survey found that Women in general and specifically Texan women specifically tried to conserve water.  The number of Texans blaming the oil drillers for using more resources then they should be was obviously higher in comparison to the non-Texan and internationals. A higher percentage of the internationals students surveyed thought that the Lubbock’s water resources were endangered and hence were worried. There were a few of the limitations of the survey that can be overcome with better planning and resources. (-R.S)

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This paper studied the water crisis in the City of Lubbock and how well people know about fracking and its environmental impacts on the public water supplies. This study was conducted by the ESL 5301 class in fall, 2013. After an extensive background study and survey data analysis, we concluded that the engineering education level could affect the knowledge of people on fracking and its impacts. Moreover, we found out that how well people know about fracking depends on geography. People from Texas, where a lot of fracking wells are operating, tend to know more about fracking and its impacts than non-Texans. (-C.L.)