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<br />However, regional and statewide information may be leveraged by local pl~ners to improve the <br />effectiveness of local water conservation efforts. <br /> <br />With all that said, the following list was developed to capture the key issues that were raised <br />during the Phase 3 Workshops, categorized by scale - state, regional, and local. Specific <br />geographies are indicated where appropriate. <br /> <br />Statewide <br />· Water providers need help to defme and characterize the value of water and how to price <br />water, since water rates defme the boundaries for cost/benefit analyses used to select <br />water conservation activities. <br />· Water providers need help with determining/estimating the economic outputs associated <br />with water use at all three scales- localJ regional and statewide - such that water needs <br />for sustainable communities including agricultural, environmental and recreational uses <br />can be developed (this information is used to help develop water conservation goals). <br />· Special districts and some municipalities lack the resources to do water conservation and <br />drought mitigation planning, including hiring and managing consultants. Ho'\v can the <br />state help better fund special districts? Can the state promote more regional cooperation <br />and plan develop and implementation efforts? <br />· Organizations on the west slope, and perhaps some on the east slope, may need to <br />incorporate Lake Powell into their drought mitigation plarming. How can the state help <br />provide information and reso'urces such that Lake Powell is included in an appropriate <br />manner? <br />. All citizens need more readily available water education at all levels, starting at pre-K to <br />12, and in our colleges as well, through improved appropriate and approved course <br />content, technology, and media coverage. <br />. Water providers and users would benefit from more resources being available from the <br />state regarding who has plans, what are contained in plans, how much money is needed to <br />plan and implement, what water conservation programs are effecetive, how water <br />conservation programs are monitored and measured, how saved water is tracked and <br />saved, and how much money the state has available for planning and implementation. <br /> <br />Regional <br />· Counties and local governments need help to better understand the role of water <br />conservation in supporting growth, maintaining and improving local water supply <br />reliability for all uses, and supporting environmental and recreational needs. This <br />information will help to establish water conservation goals on a regional leveL <br />· Counties and developers need technical and fmancial assistance with master plarming, and <br />developing appropriate and implementable controls for new construction through zoning, <br />plan review and water availability assessments~ <br />. Counties and local governments need to work together to improve and maintain <br />consistent messaging to water end users (e.g., citizens, homeowner associations, <br />businesses, institutional users, etc.). <br />. Water conservancy districts need technical and fmancial assistance in coordinating and <br />supporting the development of regional plans for water resources management and water <br />conservation. <br /> <br />11 <br />