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<br />DRAFT <br /> <br />Chapter 8: Development of Drought & Water Supply Assessment Tool <br /> <br />Authors: Nina Nichols, Will Bailey and Sanjit Kundu, Resolution Research & <br />Marketing, Inc. <br /> <br />An assessment tool was developed to support collection of water use and storage data and <br />water user opinion. The tool needed to be comprehensive, easy-to-use and ultimately <br />capable of capturing critical water information from each region of the state while also <br />providing a vehicle to the State for strategic guidance on a myriad of drought and water <br />issues. A properly crafted questionnaire, or instrument, not only had to allow for essential <br />end analysis (including statistical testing and segmentation), but also had to maximize <br />potential participation by being user friendly. <br /> <br />Instrument development included a combined effort of question development and review <br />by a technical team, followed by a pilot testing period. The technical team was comprised <br />of a group of 23 representative water users drawn from public and private entities and <br />water districts who reviewed the instrument development and formed the "Pilot Test" <br />group for the Assessment. The process of the development of the assessment tool IS <br />overviewed in this chapter. The final survey instrument will also be described. <br /> <br />5/1612003 <br /> <br />Page 10 <br />