This survey shows the concerns of U.S. Americans towards the environmental threat of the pollution of rivers, lakes and reservoirs from 1989 to 2017. About 57 percent of the respondents were worried "a great deal" about the pollution of rivers, lakes and reservoirs in 2017.
Public concern about the pollution of rivers, lakes and reservoirs in the United States from 1989 to 2017
During the survey, this question was posed as follows: "I'm going to read you a list of environmental problems. As I read each one, please tell me if you personally worry about this problem a great deal, a fair amount, only a little, or not at all. First, how much do you personally worry about the pollution of rivers, lakes and reservoirs?"
Missing percentage points to 100 percent are from respondents who stated they had no opinion.
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Gallup. (March 31, 2017). Public concern about the pollution of rivers, lakes and reservoirs in the United States from 1989 to 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/223405/public-concern-about-the-pollution-of-rivers-lakes-and-reservoirs-in-the-us/
Gallup. "Public concern about the pollution of rivers, lakes and reservoirs in the United States from 1989 to 2017." Chart. March 31, 2017. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/223405/public-concern-about-the-pollution-of-rivers-lakes-and-reservoirs-in-the-us/
Gallup. (2017). Public concern about the pollution of rivers, lakes and reservoirs in the United States from 1989 to 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/223405/public-concern-about-the-pollution-of-rivers-lakes-and-reservoirs-in-the-us/
Gallup. "Public Concern about The Pollution of Rivers, Lakes and Reservoirs in The United States from 1989 to 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/223405/public-concern-about-the-pollution-of-rivers-lakes-and-reservoirs-in-the-us/
Gallup, Public concern about the pollution of rivers, lakes and reservoirs in the United States from 1989 to 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/223405/public-concern-about-the-pollution-of-rivers-lakes-and-reservoirs-in-the-us/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Public concern about the pollution of rivers, lakes and reservoirs in the United States from 1989 to 2017 [Graph], Gallup, March 31, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/223405/public-concern-about-the-pollution-of-rivers-lakes-and-reservoirs-in-the-us/