PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:

We are hoping to find the answer within the community, that will norm the acceptance criteria, for the perception of the reality referring to the gradual decrease of potable water volumes, to the reaction facing the option of employing treated water, and the urban presence of a treatment plant.

We rest upon the fieldwork design to apply a questionnaire and through this, raise a survey covering the six urban delegations in which Tijuana is divided. The survey will be centered on eight subjects to cover in a broad manner, the expectations of the study.

We have structured the exposition of the problem observing two studies: one referring to the definition of the problem of investigation, and the other referring to the specific objectives that constitute the eight subjects that integrate the questionnaire.

II.A. - Definition of the Investigation's General Objective:

• Identify the social impact that would be caused by the installation and operation of a wastewater treatment plant in the city of Tijuana, B.C.

II.B. - Specific Objectives:

• Know the percentage of people who know what a wastewater treatment plant is.
  
  
• Identify the percentage of people who know that treated water serves for the irrigation of green areas and for industrial use.
  
  
• Determine how many citizens consider that the plant will benefit the city.
  
  
• Know if the city of Tijuana has enough water, to insure its use in years to come.
  
  
• Know the citizens' perception, if the construction of a wastewater treatment plant would increase water supply in the future. · Determine if people consider, at the present time, the necessity of a wastewater treatment plant in Tijuana.
  
  
• Determine if the citizens agree with the construction of a wastewater treatment plant.
  
  
• Determine if the population agrees with the construction of the plant to be in the vicinity near the Alberado L. Rodriguez Dam.

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