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The Rise of Regionalism in Water Resources

The Rise of Regionalism in Water Resources. John K. Woodling California Department of Water Resources North Bay Watershed Association Conference April 7, 2006. Hetch Hetchy (1913). Mokelumne Aqueduct (1929). Central Valley Project (1937). State Water Project (1960). Colorado River

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The Rise of Regionalism in Water Resources

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  1. The Rise of Regionalism in Water Resources John K. Woodling California Department of Water Resources North Bay Watershed Association Conference April 7, 2006

  2. Hetch Hetchy (1913) Mokelumne Aqueduct (1929) Central Valley Project (1937) State Water Project (1960) Colorado River Aqueduct (1932) Los Angeles Aqueduct (1908) California Water Systems

  3. California Water Systems

  4. Westward Focus Water and Power Development Environmental Priorities 1850 1900 1950 2000 Water Management Transitions Era ofConflict

  5. Era of Conflict • Pattern deals with symptoms, not problems • Places blame, does not find solutions • Blocks another group’s progress • Progress is measured through allocation of pain

  6. The Transition Competing Needs IntegratedResources Planning Conflict Limited Resources

  7. California Water Plan Key Initiatives: • Integrated Regional Water Management • Statewide Water Management

  8. Reduce Water Demand Agricultural Water Use Efficiency Urban Water Use Efficiency Improve Operational Efficiency & Transfers Conveyance System Reoperation Water Transfers Increase Water Supply Conjunctive Management & Groundwater Storage Desalination –Brackish & Seawater Precipitation Enhancement Recycled Municipal Water Surface Storage – CALFED Surface Storage - Regional/Local Improve Water Quality Drinking Water Treatment and Distribution Groundwater/Aquifer Remediation Matching Quality to Use Pollution Prevention Urban Runoff Management Practice Resource Stewardship Agricultural Lands Stewardship Economic Incentives (Loans, Grants, and Water Pricing) Ecosystem Restoration Floodplain Management Recharge Areas Protection Urban Land Use Management Water-Dependent Recreation Watershed Management Resource Management Strategies

  9. Options for Water Supply

  10. Integrated Regional Water Management Why IRWM? • Water management actions and issues are interconnected • A variety of entities are responsible for differentactions • IRWM promotes a sustainable, efficient approach to water management by bringing together interests, issues, and solutions

  11. Integrated Regional Water Management Integration Considerations • Water quality and quantity • Demand management and supply enhancement • All beneficial water uses • Upstream, downstream, and instream effects • Management of other resources (land use, energy) • Broad societal costs and benefits

  12. Integrated Regional Water Management Participants • Water purveyors • Wastewater agencies • Flood control agencies • Cities & counties • Native American tribes • Self-supplied water users • Stakeholder organizations • Industry • Environmental • Community • State, federal, and regional agencies or universities

  13. Integrated Regional Water ManagementObjectives • Plan with a common understanding of conditions and issues • Address regional issues with approaches that cannot be implemented by individual entities • Provide the most cost effective water management alternatives • Build on local planning efforts and leverage investments in existing infrastructure • Resolve conflicts between stakeholders • Meet the needs of individual participants • Build working relationships that will guide ongoing planning and implementation 14

  14. Prop 50 IRWM ProgramGenerating Statewide Interest Current Grant Cycle • $150 million available • $1.4 billion requested • Local cost share $2.5 billion + • 50 proposals, 400+ projects • Program has resulted in • new working relationships • broader geographic planning areas • prioritization after intense reconsideration of needs 20

  15. Implementing Water Management • Governor Schwarzenegger proposed a Strategic Growth Plan in January 2006 • 10 year plan for broad infrastructure improvements, including water management • Water management elements based on California Water Plan recommendations

  16. Governor’s Strategic Growth Plan$29 Billion over 10 years • Bonds & Water Resources Investment Fund provide stable funding for: • Regional Investments • Statewide Investments • Bond financing jump starts investments ($6.5 billion) • WRIF provides continuous and sustained investments (about $5 billion) • Bonds and WRIF createincentive for other localinvestments and providecost share to obtainfederal matching funds(about $17.5 billion) 6

  17. Water Resources Investment Fund • Stable source of funding • All water retailers pay into the fund based on customer base • Most WRIF funds support Integrated Regional Water Management • Provides targeted funding for projects and programs with statewide benefits

  18. Regional Fund Distribution • Funds Allocated to Regions, Not Agencies • Funding Contingent on Regional Plan

  19. Stalemate… • Surface Storage – Love It or Hate It • Is California Ready for Integrated Regional Water Management? • Is Water Management a Priority for State Funding?

  20. Moving ForwardIssues for Further Discussion • Financing? • Form of Regional Governance? • Role of State Government?

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