CA Water 2.0 – What’s Next for the California Water Plan?

This week at CA Water 2.0 – What’s Next for the California Water Plan, a statewide briefing hosted by the Brown Administration and the Association of California Water Agencies, the Administration announced the release of the California Water Action Plan 2016 Update (CWAP).  The CWAP is the Administration’s roadmap to put California on a path of sustainable water management.  

Governor Brown spoke at some length upon a variety of topics including the complexity and interrelationships between engineered water infrastructure and the natural environment, the drought and its impact on the landscape of the State, the population of the planet as well as the State and human’s impact on the environment, and climate change and the challenges the State faces as a result.  The Governor also made a pitch for California Water Fix (the twin tunnels) stating the need to change the outdated infrastructure of the Delta system.  The full agenda and materials can be accessed here.

Common themes included the drought, the need for reliable ongoing financing, the importance of working together to accomplish common goals, and the positive impact Proposition 1 funding has had to date and will in the future on implementation of the CWAP.  

The California Water Action Plan Implementation Report 2015 Summary of Accomplishments was also released this week.