BOARD00046 ‎(2)‎

• Board Meeting Date: 9/20/2006
• Description: IWM & D Section - Western Governors Association Report - Water Needs and Strategies for a Sustainable Future
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

re,wurces 10 lhe "....ucrshed ;Ipproach .tIld lIle
le\"C~1 of ("oordinalion ;ullonJ{ federal aJ{l'ncie!;
ami bclwcl'n fcdcr<l\ and SI;UC aJ{cllcie~,
Tril}l's, consen:.llion dilUricl!I, l1lunicipalities,
NGOs, ell',

\hn~ e(fcctin' watrrshl'J h.lscll pl.mnin~ to;ruups
an: III p1.ICC ,iCross the \\'l'SI. 'nM.~se WOUp" shlluld lx'
nurtured 'lOti eoct)urOl~d 10, ",,-he.'n: dpplic<lhle, lIllc'
grdle all cflmpoJU'n!s of LUlll .tIlll W;ll('r m.uugenu:m
planning:. \X:alershed prolection an.1 mana!-,~mcm
pr;lclJres art.' Ihtrefore a m,lrri'lgc of water ,mt! lall.1
man;lgcmcnr, Farm Hill 21HJ7 and tundiOj.: (or t:SD;\'s
ClmscJ\,..tilln Rcs(~f\'e Pn'gr.lm, C'IIlSl'l'"\'ali'lIl RCo,(.'f\'e
Enh;lIlcen1l'nt Progr.am, EIl\'lronmcnt.ll (JluliIY Inn'n,
lires I'rc~r,l,m, :.ind Surface :.ind (;rount! \X'aln Comn
\',I,tll>n Progum aft" Vel') Impon,tIlt In funhcnng Wcst
l'rn M:.ilc W;llcr suppl~ 011111 walcrtlu<lIIlY (lh)"(:IlH'~,

For",sl!'), I',lll.,:e, agnculnHal and olher publicI
pri\'atc l;I,nll managcnK'm pracllces b;wl' si~nJtic;l,nt
Imp,lCfs 011 w,lfer supply and wafcJ lJ\l.Ilif)', I'urth"t,
m'IIlY if nol most W;ll('r "-'sourceS ll1.1n;l,...'t:melll rruh.
].,ms ;lrc !x'sl ;tddrl'so;cd first at till' Joe~ walersho:d
Il'\"d.

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"Much of our infrastructurc is inadcquatc duc

to population growth, watcr quality

requircmcnts and safety threats not antieipatcd

at the timc of its design alld construction."