THE FORMULATION OF THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN: A FOUNDATION FOR CONTINUED REGIONAL COORDINATION

摘要

Historically, competing agricultural, environmental, and urban demands present serious waterrnmanagement challenges within the Sacramento Valley. In meeting these challenges, water users,rnconservation organizations and local governments across the Sacramento Valley continue tornbuild on the foundational efforts initiated during the last prolonged drought in the early 1990s.rnThese early efforts provided the initial working relationships that have promoted the sharing ofrnideas, regional thinking, and collective planning across the Sacramento Valley. Building on thesernvarious sub-regional efforts and relationships, which have been and continue to be supported byrnstate and federal agency funding and participation, the diverse parties in the Sacramento Valleyrncontinue to proactively implement and evaluate the means for improved water management.rnThese efforts to date have resulted in the implementation of numerous projects to improve thernmanagement of the valley's water and natural resources, the development of a number of subregionalrnplans, and the recent completion of the Sacramento Valley Integrated Regional WaterrnManagement Plan (IRWMP). The IRWMP is a living and dynamic document that will be used asrna basis to further explore opportunities to develop, plan, monitor, and implement programs andrnprojects across the valley. It is anticipated that this integrated approach will continue to improvernecosystem and fishery resources, water quality, and water supply reliability throughout thernregion.