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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP) Strategies and Objectives Cooperating Partners Presentation October 12, 2006 Water Management Strategies IRWMP MUST CONSIDER ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION ENVIRONMENTAL AND HABITAT PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT WATER SUPPLY RELIABILITY IRWMP OPTIONAL Conjunctive Use Desalination Imported Water Land Use Planning FROM STATE WATER PLAN Agricultural water use efficiency Drinking water treatment and distribution Economic incentives (loans, grants, and water pricing) FLOOD MANAGEMENT NPS Pollution Control GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT Surface Storage RECREATION AND PUBLIC ACCESS Watershed Planning Groundwater remediation/ Aquifer remediation STORMWATER CAPTURE AND MANAGEMENT Water And Wastewater Treatment Matching water quality to water use WATER CONSERVATION Water Transfers WATER QUALITY PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT WATER RECYCLING WETLANDS ENHANCEMENT AND CREATION 2 Pollution prevention Precipitation enhancement Recharge areas protection Urban runoff management Optional Strategies IRWMP OPTIONAL FROM STATE WATER PLAN Conjunctive Use Agricultural water use efficiency Desalination Drinking water treatment and distribution Imported Water Land Use Planning NPS Pollution Control Surface Storage Watershed Planning Water And Wastewater Treatment Water Transfers Economic incentives (loans, grants, and water pricing) Groundwater remediation/Aquifer remediation Matching water quality to water use Pollution prevention Precipitation enhancement Recharge areas protection Urban runoff management 3 State Objectives The Plan must address major water related objectives and conflicts within the region, including, at a minimum: Water supply Groundwater management Ecosystem restoration Water quality 4 What Objectives Would We Add 5 Water supply Groundwater management Ecosystem restoration Water quality Drought emergency planning? Other? SANTA BARBARA COUNTY Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP) 6 Outreach and Public Involvement Plan 7 Background Cooperating Partners Involvement Facilitating Stakeholder Involvement and Participation Communications with DWR and SWRCB Stakeholder Process 8 Next Meeting Goals – October 19 9 Meet Natalia Deardorff, DWR liaison Review State IRWMP Priorities Review regional strategies and objectives Discuss projects and integration strategies Establish criteria for evaluation process Finalize planning for first stakeholder workshop Questions/Answers 10