Improving the quality of water that is supplied to homes is an important priority for more than three out of ten residents in the Mid-Hudson region. But, it continues to rank low on residents’ list of priorities for the region. When asked to rate improving the quality of drinking water as a community priority, 31% of all residents give this issue a score of 10. Overall, it yields an average score of 6.6 and ranks fifteenth among nineteen issues.
Water quality is more of a concern for residents of Dutchess County than it is for residents within the other counties. Dutchess County residents give this issue an average score of 7.0 out of 10. This compares with the average rating of 6.5 the concern about the quality of home drinking water received five years ago from Dutchess County residents. It still only ranks thirteenth on the list of priorities for Dutchess County residents compared with its rank of fourteenth in the county in 2002.
