DAVIS, NOREEN SNYDERMAN.

This thesis was prepared to ascertain how the activities of the county,
state, and federal governments, affected the attitudes of top level
Broward County officials who have formal responsibilities in the area
of water pollution control in Broward County. Their attitudes were
determined by their responses to questions on intra-governmental and intergovernmental
cooperation in both general and specific areas. The
specific areas were: program development and/or implementation, sharing
information, sharing equipment, sharing manpower, sharing funding. The
findings showed that in both the general and specific areas, county
officials felt the intra-county relationship to be cooperative. In all
categories but that of funding, the intra-county cooperative ratings
were equal to or higher than the inter-level ratings. The high intra-county
cooperative rating was attributed to the homogeneity of the
respondents, and to their perceptions of the nature of the county,
state, and federal water pollution control programs.