Celeste Cantú General Manager Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority
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Celeste CantúGeneral Manager
Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority
The Promise of IRWMP
Water leaders drive the future
California’s Hydrology is stressed by competing demands.
Global Water Stress & So CA
Four Horsemen of theApocalypse..the herd is growing
Climate ChangeReduced Water from Delta
Colorado River Import Reductions
Reduced Groundwater Recharge
Energy Cost
Fiscal Crisis
Meet Conflict
Conflict Management is key to IRWMP
By partnering with others, water suppliers find win-win solutions.
Plan for Sustainability – not the next grant
1 •Create Anew – OWOW•shared vision and adopting a•new water ethic
2 •Collaboration Across Boundaries Citizens of watershed, •multi-jurisdictional solutions
3 •Adopt Systems Approach –Problems are interrelated, seek synergies, create catalysts
OWOW Guiding Principles
OWOW integrates all aspects of water and every stakeholder.
Water Quality
Improvement
WaterSupply
Reliability
Flood Control and
Storm water Runoff
Environment
& Habitat
WaterRecyclin
g
Parks, Recreation & Open Space
Climate Change
Land Use
Environmental justice
Water use
efficiency
Stockholm World Water Week
We have choices to make: It’s time to catch up with the rest of the world
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