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<br />assumed that excess water was a common enemy and were not very concerned <br /> <br />over the issue of equity for their downstream neighbors. In this situation, <br /> <br />equity between cause and effect became a central issue. <br /> <br />One report (2l)described a specific situation as follows: <br /> <br />"The people living on the creeks objected to their property being <br />altered by channel improvements which they felt were solely <br />intended to take runoff from the subdivision on the slopes above. <br />On the other hand some dwellers on the 'high and dry' slopes were <br />heard to comment 'if those people were stupid enough to build <br />next to the creek they deserve to be flooded. '" <br /> <br />In the instance quoted here the problem was resolved by a redesign of the <br /> <br />modifications to detention storage in conjunction with urban parks and <br /> <br />selected reinforcement of natural channels. The difference in costs were <br /> <br />within estimation error. <br /> <br />The present situation is that the county has recognized its inability <br />as an institution to implement the system. A parkway authority has sub- <br />sequently been created with jurisdiction over major streams in the area. <br />The present state of implementation of the dratnage system is uncertain. <br /> <br />An int~grated Concept for Institutions <br />The institutional factors involved may seem to greatly complicate the <br />planning and implementation situation since many jurisdictions are involved. <br />However, on an optimistic note, one may consider that the multiplicity of <br />political subdivisions provides the opportunity for a broadly based flexible <br />approach to implementation wherein large scale regional planning is con- <br />ducted in a way that permits local planning to make a logical contribution <br />and thus allow implen~ntation to be assigned to those units of government <br />that have the authori ty and capabi 1 ity to do the job. <br />33 <br />