2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference

March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH

6/05/2017 | 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM | ASSESSING PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT AND ATTITUDES TOWARD STORMWATER RUNOFF | 302A

ASSESSING PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT AND ATTITUDES TOWARD STORMWATER RUNOFF

While stormwater management technology continues to advance, there has been a dearth of attention focused on understanding public knowledge about runoff and attitudes toward managing it. This interdisciplinary research team applied stream monitoring data showing that thermal pollution and salt (from winter deicing) are key issues for streams in this region to develop a public survey about stormwater management. The survey general knowledge about stormwater, concerns about impacts from runoff, and attitudes toward specific stormwater management approaches. The survey also included an experiment to assess how detailed, science-based information specifically about temperature and salt, influences public response. The results show a majority of respondents know what stormwater runoff is, but there is not a high level of concern about runoff. Respondents who have implemented stormwater abatement measures on their property are more likely to support stormwater management programs. Providing more detailed science-based information had no influence on respondents’ general concern about stormwater runoff or their attitudes about its management.

C21 Communicating Science
C08 Urban Ecology
S02 Urban streams, aquatic ecology, and stormwater engineering: How do we encourage integration, opportunities and collaboration in an era of green infrastructure innovation?

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Kristan Cockerill (), Appalachian State University, cockerillkm@appstate.edu;