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Legend Colors

Red is bad, green is good, blue is not statistically different/neutral.

Compared to Distribution

an indicator guage with the arrow in the green the value is in the best half of communities.

an indicator guage with the arrow in the yellow the value is in the 2nd worst quarter of communities.

an indicator guage with the arrow in the red the value is in the worst quarter of communities.

Compared to Target

green circle with white tick inside it meets target; red circle with white cross inside it does not meet target.

Compared to a Single Value

green diamond with downward arrow inside it lower than the comparison value; red diamond with downward arrow inside it higher than the comparison value; blue diamond with downward arrow inside it not statistically different from comparison value.

Trend

green square outline with upward trending arrow inside it green square outline with downward trending arrow inside it non-significant change over time; green square with upward trending arrow inside it green square with downward trending arrow inside it significant change over time; blue square with equals sign no change over time.

Compared to Prior Value

green triangle with upward trending arrow inside it higher than the previous measurement period; green triangle with downward trending arrow inside it lower than the previous measurement period; blue equals sign no statistically different change  from previous measurement period.

green chart bars Significantly better than the overall value

red chart bars Significantly worse than the overall value

light blue chart bars No significant difference with the overall value

gray chart bars No data on significance available

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Residents who Installed a Rainwater Harvesting System

Measurement Period: 2019
This indicator shows the percentage of county participants who have installed a rainwater harvesting system to protect and take care of our watersheds. 

Why is this important?

Many aspects of our community's health, well-being and livelihood depend on maintaining the quality of natural environment. Concern for the environment can empower advocacy organizations to build on the connections among environmental stewardship, public health, and safety issues. 
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17.2%
Percent (%)
Source: Community Assessment Project Telephone Survey
Measurement period: 2019
Maintained by: DataShare SCC
Last update: June 2020
Filter(s) for this location: State: California
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Technical note: The 2019 sample size of 861 residents provides 95% confidence that the opinions of the survey do not differ from the general population of Santa Cruz County.

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Filed under: Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants, Environmental Health / Built Environment, Environmental Health

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