FOCUSING ON REGIONAL CHALLENGES As water is a shared resource, water resilience is a shared responsibility. Working together with water resource managers and diverse stakeholders in Los Angeles County, we developed the CWP to complement existing local and regional efforts, specifically focusing on challenges where collaboration can add value.
REGIONAL WATER SUPPLY RELIABILITY
GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY
In the face of climate change, reliability must be considered through a regional and integrated view of supplies including natural rivers, streams, lakes, groundwater basins, and engineered systems throughout Los Angeles County. By viewing these systems as regional networks, water resource managers can provide perspective not constrained by political and ownership factors to better leverage the collective local and imported water resources and facilities, and improve regional water supply reliability.
Groundwater basins in Los Angeles County share management challenges and opportunities. Given that nearly all of Los Angeles County’s groundwater basins are managed through formal adjudication agreements, management discussions are often separated by basin which has previously limited opportunities for collaboration. The shared challenges across groundwater basins can be better overcome through regional collaboration to seek solutions that leverage collective expertise and resources to benefit the County as a whole.
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WATER PLAN
