Interbasin Compact Process Overview and FY07-0

• Title: Interbasin Compact Process Overview and FY07-08 Work Plan
• Date: 7/1/2007
• IBCC - Doc Type: Program Planning, Budget & Contracts

The IBCC
In order to improve the WSRA process and implement the lessons learned from the first
roun d of applications, the IBCC will:

1. Actively participate in the annual review of the Criteria and Guidelines. Per the
current Criteria and Guidelines, the IBCC will “in October of each year jointly (with
the CWCB) consider and make any necessary revisions to these criteria and
guidelines.”

2. Encourage their roundtable to review their WSRA process in light of the lessons
learned from this first round and strengthen their process where needed.

Basin Roundtables
Basin Roundtables have a key role in the proces s. They are the screening entity and what
they advance is given considerable deference. In order to improve the WSRA process
and implement the lessons learned from the first round of applications, roundtables
should focus on:

1. Making sure each Basin Acco unt application has individually addressed each of the 4
Threshold Criteria and the eligibility requirements.

2. Making sure each Statewide Account application has individually addressed each of
the 4 Threshold Criteria and the Evaluation Criteria.

3. Make sur e there is a nexus between the roundtable’s needs assessment and the
application. This link should be articulated in the application and/or the approval
letter. This means that the application is either: A) linked to the needs assessment
conclusions; or B) furthers the roundtable’s needs assessment. All roundtables have a
working needs assessment that identifies solutions that can be pursued in each basin.

4. In the future it is likely that request for fund will exceed available funds. If
roundtables have multiple applications they may wish to rank order those that have
the highest support/degree of need for funding.

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