BOARD01670

• Board Meeting Date: 7/28/2003
• Description: CDP Section - Technical Assistance to Covered Entities
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

. Increase technical assistance that the CWCB provides to local entities,

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3, Discussion of relevant background:
A review of the pertinent policy setting, including existing statutes, rules and internal policy; a summary
of current plans on file with the CWCB; a discussion of other western state policies and the "state of the
science;" and an interpretation of these results.

4, Recommendations of two areas where covered entities would like to see the role of the State expand in
relation to water conservation planning:

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Areas where technical assistance may be of the greatest aid to the water community include:
. Making data available to covered entities;
. Providing technical assistance to entities working on water conservation plans;
. Conducting workshops to educate covered entities and facilitate discussions between covered
entities and the CWeB; and
. Providing information regarding what "good" water conservation entails,

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Improvements to policy to expand the State's role in water conservation planning include:
. Better defmition of plan approval criteria;
. Improvement of covered entity water conservation accountability;
. Provide mechanism for standardizing content, technologies, and definitions;
. Provide technical assistance to the smaller covered entities that do not have
adequately help themselves; and
. Development of funding support for implementation of water conservation plans,

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Consistent with the recommendations presented above, the Strategy that is being proposed will include the
implementation of components for:

. Providing technical assistance to covered entities, and
. Evaluating, and where appropriate, revising state policy as it relates to water conservation planning,

Some of the components that are contained in the strategy can be implemented in a short timeframe, whereas
other components will require a long timeframe. Therefore, the Strategy will include two phases - one
during state fiscal years 2004 and 2005, and one during state fiscal years 2005 through 2007, The
development of the Strategy for providing technical assistance to covered entities is considered Phase I of the
project.

Completion of Phase II is projected to involve a commitment of resources totaling approximately $280,000
including consultant fees, CWCB labor, and other direct costs, Activities are detailed in the Strategy for
Providing Technical Assistance to Covered Entities document.

Summary of AUachments:

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Strategy for Providing Technical Assistance to Covered Entities (for Board Approval)
Strategy for Providing Technical Assistance to Covered Entities, Policy Supplement

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Flood Protection. Water Project Planning and Financing. Stream and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection. Conservation Planning