Water Science Opinion Survey:
What will be the world's biggest
water problem in the future
This table is a summary of all the responses to the questionnaire, by state for the U.S., and worldwide by continent/area. As of today there have been 114,503 responses to this questionnaire.
State | We will not have enough water | Water will be too polluted | Drinking water will be unsafe | Water systems will break down | There won't be major water problems | Total |
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Alaska | 240 (42%) | 134 (23%) | 77 (13%) | 35 (6%) | 87 (15%) | 573 |
Alabama | 938 (29%) | 1,196 (36%) | 425 (13%) | 193 (6%) | 539 (16%) | 3,291 |
Arkansas | 187 (27%) | 254 (37%) | 102 (15%) | 62 (9%) | 83 (12%) | 688 |
Arizona | 979 (50%) | 468 (24%) | 255 (13%) | 115 (6%) | 149 (8%) | 1,966 |
California | 3,113 (44%) | 2,256 (32%) | 792 (11%) | 478 (7%) | 420 (6%) | 7,059 |
Colorado | 1,490 (33%) | 1,281 (28%) | 502 (11%) | 181 (4%) | 1,126 (25%) | 4,580 |
Connecticut | 552 (24%) | 1,097 (48%) | 366 (16%) | 117 (5%) | 149 (7%) | 2,281 |
D. C. | 55 (34%) | 54 (34%) | 22 (14%) | 15 (9%) | 15 (9%) | 161 |
Delaware | 71 (7%) | 96 (9%) | 765 (71%) | 128 (12%) | 16 (1%) | 1,076 |
Florida | 1,200 (29%) | 1,846 (45%) | 610 (15%) | 222 (5%) | 263 (6%) | 4,141 |
Georgia | 1,298 (27%) | 2,024 (43%) | 711 (15%) | 303 (6%) | 385 (8%) | 4,721 |
Hawaii | 207 (43%) | 146 (30%) | 60 (12%) | 27 (6%) | 45 (9%) | 485 |
Iowa | 267 (20%) | 576 (42%) | 197 (14%) | 74 (5%) | 248 (18%) | 1,362 |
Idaho | 418 (26%) | 732 (46%) | 228 (14%) | 92 (6%) | 133 (8%) | 1,603 |
Illinois | 767 (27%) | 1,229 (43%) | 374 (13%) | 186 (7%) | 302 (11%) | 2,858 |
Indiana | 461 (25%) | 798 (43%) | 274 (15%) | 124 (7%) | 180 (10%) | 1,837 |
Kansas | 243 (30%) | 322 (40%) | 117 (15%) | 65 (8%) | 55 (7%) | 802 |
Kentucky | 195 (18%) | 508 (48%) | 153 (14%) | 77 (7%) | 133 (12%) | 1,066 |
Louisiana | 225 (22%) | 442 (44%) | 178 (18%) | 50 (5%) | 120 (12%) | 1,015 |
Massachusetts | 544 (27%) | 847 (42%) | 316 (16%) | 156 (8%) | 167 (8%) | 2,030 |
Maryland | 375 (29%) | 539 (42%) | 184 (14%) | 113 (9%) | 85 (7%) | 1,296 |
Maine | 149 (21%) | 334 (47%) | 88 (12%) | 47 (7%) | 88 (12%) | 706 |
Michigan | 1,622 (22%) | 3,308 (44%) | 1,449 (19%) | 420 (6%) | 666 (9%) | 7,465 |
Minnesota | 531 (21%) | 1,282 (50%) | 397 (15%) | 123 (5%) | 245 (10%) | 2,578 |
Missouri | 199 (26%) | 322 (42%) | 117 (15%) | 55 (7%) | 74 (10%) | 767 |
Mississippi | 103 (22%) | 202 (43%) | 70 (15%) | 39 (8%) | 53 (11%) | 467 |
Montana | 75 (23%) | 120 (36%) | 51 (16%) | 19 (6%) | 64 (19%) | 329 |
North Carolina | 1,332 (26%) | 2,425 (47%) | 820 (16%) | 257 (5%) | 333 (6%) | 5,167 |
North Dakota | 59 (25%) | 85 (37%) | 30 (13%) | 17 (7%) | 41 (18%) | 232 |
Nebraska | 177 (32%) | 182 (33%) | 115 (21%) | 33 (6%) | 47 (8%) | 554 |
New Hampshire | 121 (26%) | 170 (37%) | 74 (16%) | 18 (4%) | 74 (16%) | 457 |
New Jersey | 635 (24%) | 1,286 (48%) | 393 (15%) | 191 (7%) | 157 (6%) | 2,662 |
New Mexico | 328 (50%) | 170 (26%) | 72 (11%) | 36 (5%) | 53 (8%) | 659 |
Nevada | 415 (43%) | 311 (32%) | 83 (9%) | 100 (10%) | 62 (6%) | 971 |
New York | 602 (25%) | 1,098 (45%) | 360 (15%) | 185 (8%) | 204 (8%) | 2,449 |
Ohio | 823 (20%) | 2,004 (49%) | 621 (15%) | 238 (6%) | 365 (9%) | 4,051 |
Oklahoma | 209 (22%) | 326 (35%) | 137 (15%) | 113 (12%) | 149 (16%) | 934 |
Oregon | 806 (57%) | 285 (20%) | 115 (8%) | 64 (5%) | 144 (10%) | 1,414 |
Pennsylvania | 983 (24%) | 1,770 (44%) | 678 (17%) | 281 (7%) | 353 (9%) | 4,065 |
Puerto Rico/V.I. | 63 (18%) | 75 (22%) | 20 (6%) | 19 (6%) | 166 (48%) | 343 |
Rhode Island | 85 (34%) | 81 (33%) | 33 (13%) | 25 (10%) | 23 (9%) | 247 |
South Carolina | 181 (16%) | 559 (49%) | 217 (19%) | 90 (8%) | 85 (8%) | 1,132 |
South Dakota | 167 (22%) | 331 (44%) | 110 (15%) | 46 (6%) | 92 (12%) | 746 |
Tennessee | 156 (21%) | 331 (44%) | 115 (15%) | 53 (7%) | 93 (12%) | 748 |
Texas | 1,454 (30%) | 1,977 (41%) | 562 (12%) | 307 (6%) | 489 (10%) | 4,789 |
Utah | 839 (57%) | 350 (24%) | 124 (8%) | 40 (3%) | 126 (9%) | 1,479 |
Virginia | 1,142 (22%) | 2,657 (50%) | 771 (15%) | 289 (5%) | 436 (8%) | 5,295 |
Vermont | 65 (15%) | 272 (62%) | 32 (7%) | 22 (5%) | 45 (10%) | 436 |
Washington | 543 (30%) | 725 (41%) | 226 (13%) | 122 (7%) | 165 (9%) | 1,781 |
Wisconsin | 549 (26%) | 743 (35%) | 314 (15%) | 123 (6%) | 376 (18%) | 2,105 |
West Virginia | 278 (28%) | 409 (42%) | 170 (17%) | 37 (4%) | 91 (9%) | 985 |
Wyoming | 97 (20%) | 63 (13%) | 234 (49%) | 39 (8%) | 48 (10%) | 481 |
Total | 28,613 (28%) | 41,098 (41%) | 15,306 (15%) | 6,261 (6%) | 10,107 (10%) | 101,385 |
Continent/area | We will not have enough water | Water will be too polluted | Drinking water will be unsafe | Water systems will break down | There won't be major water problems | Total |
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Africa | 151 (36%) | 98 (23%) | 48 (11%) | 57 (14%) | 64 (15%) | 418 |
Asia | 676 (34%) | 713 (36%) | 254 (13%) | 174 (9%) | 170 (9%) | 1,987 |
Australia/N.Z./P | 3,172 (82%) | 358 (9%) | 131 (3%) | 78 (2%) | 129 (3%) | 3,868 |
Canada | 1,094 (33%) | 1,144 (35%) | 462 (14%) | 117 (4%) | 473 (14%) | 3,290 |
Central America | 130 (33%) | 140 (36%) | 35 (9%) | 19 (5%) | 69 (18%) | 393 |
South America | 661 (40%) | 505 (31%) | 247 (15%) | 95 (6%) | 125 (8%) | 1,633 |
Europe | 89 (24%) | 71 (19%) | 51 (14%) | 84 (22%) | 79 (21%) | 374 |
Far East | 331 (57%) | 124 (21%) | 60 (10%) | 18 (3%) | 48 (8%) | 581 |
Middle East | 213 (37%) | 133 (23%) | 116 (20%) | 37 (6%) | 75 (13%) | 574 |
Total | 6,517 (50%) | 3,286 (25%) | 1,404 (11%) | 679 (5%) | 1,232 (9%) | 13,118 |
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