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Operation and Data Management at the Water-Authority: will there be a sustainable water supply for the next century. A case study of Water Infrastructure Management in the Caribbean. As the research problem implies, I intend to conduct a case study examining water infrastructure management in the Caribbean with the goal of determining whether existing water infrastructure management will provide sustainable water usage for the next century. The nature of the research problem requires a comparison of the currently available water resources, the renewable water resources, current water usage, and projected water demand over the coming century to determine if the water resources are adequate and will continue to be adequate for the foreseeable time period. Although the question could be approached from a quantitative perspective or a mixed-methods perspective, I believe that water usage and water management are as much about perceptions and beliefs as they are about quantitative analysis of the amount of water used. As a result, I will take...

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I will use survey research to explore current attitudes towards water management and how those attitudes reflect and shape current water management policies with an eye towards how changes in those attitudes might help create changes in water usage. In addition, I will examine water usage numbers that are currently available from the water management offices to examine, not only the average amount of water used, per person, but also factors such as the availability of clean water to people, the cost of water, and the source of fresh water.
I want to examine a wide variety of participants. For example, my current understanding is that the average Caribbean citizens' freshwater usage is lower than what you would find in a country like the…

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Brikci, N., Green, J. 2007. A guide to using qualitative research methodology. Available from:

<http://fieldresearch.msf.org/msf/bitstream/10144/84230/1/Qualitative%20research%20methodology.pdf>. [2 September 2014].

Shah, A. 2010. 'Water and Development', Global Issues. Available from:

<http://www.globalissues.org/article/601/water-and-development>. [2 September 2014].
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