The California State Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) Planning is the process that promotes bringing together and prioritizing water-related efforts in the region in a systematic way to ensure sustainable water uses, reliable water supplies, better water quality, environmental stewardship, efficient urban development, protection of agriculture, and a strong economy. IRWM incorporates the physical, environmental, societal, economic, legal, and jurisdictional aspects of water management into regional solutions through open and collaborative stakeholder processes to promote sustainable water use.
Administered by the California Department of Water Resources and California State Water Resources Control Board through bond-funded Grant Programs, IRWM encourages the development of integrated regional strategies for management of water resources by providing funding, through competitive grants.
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Civil engineering at CSU has an incredibly illustrious history. It never ceases to amaze me, whether I am traveling here in the US or internationally, the civil engineering connections and tradition at CSU always turns up. It's amazing. Going back to Dr. Maury Albertson, who was one of the pioneers of the program here, Dr. Daryl Simons, Everett Richardson, Dr. Yevjevich, an incredible history, and we are trying to carry that torch forward. Civil engineering here to me means some of the most important work that's ever been done scientifically has been done here at CSU. So, it's a tremendous honor to be part of this team and to carry that forward. So, CSU is I think uniquely positioned to be an international leader in water resources and environmental engineering because we have an outstanding outdoor classroom here close to campus, we have outstanding hydraulics laboratory facilities, we have outstanding environmental analysis capabilities. So, my colleagues and I in civil engineering have a variety of research programs and initiatives that are underway to try to address drought and other pressing issues. For example, how do we make our water system more efficient? It's just a basic question. How can we better meet the needs of all the stake holders - agricultural stake holders, cities, municipalities, your landowner that wants to water their lawn and people who enjoy the aesthetic benefits of healthy streams and watersheds? How do we balance those concerns and come closer to satisfying all those demands by increasing by efficiency of our water delivery system and storage system? I see two issues in the future that are going to continue to be extremely relevant in water resources engineering and management. One is this issue that we have already about a little bit, land use change and conversion of the landscape and how that ultimately affects our streams and watersheds. The other big uncertainty is climate change, and, although we don't know exactly what's going to happen, the potential ramifications for streams and rivers, our water supplies, and everything that goes along with those fundamental needs is going to be affected by climate change. So, we need to be aware of the possibilities, and we need to understand how things work on a basic level so that we can be better prepared and be better stewards of the environment when those changes do come along.
History
Integrated regional water management (IRWM) was officially established by the State of California in 2002 through the passage of the Integrated Regional Water Management Planning Act (SB 1672).[1]
Funding
Funding was authorized with various propositions.
- PROPOSITION 50, the Water Security, Clean Drinking Water, Coastal and Beach Protection Act of 2002, passed by California voters in November 2002. Implementation of the Proposition 50 Chapter 8, bond funding is jointly administered by the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board).[2]
- PROPOSITION 84, the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Act, passed by California voters in November 2006. Administered by DWR, the Proposition 84 includes funding for the IRWM Grant Program.[3]
These programs and funding have initiated Integrated Plans in most regions of the state. These efforts are bringing together agencies related to water in order to provide the highest-priority projects for funding and rapid completion.
References
- ^ California, State of. "Integrated Regional Water Management". www.water.ca.gov. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
- ^ See DIVISION 26.5. WATER SECURITY, CLEAN DRINKING WATER, COASTAL AND BEACH PROTECTION ACT OF 2002 for additional information on fund source and legislative action.
- ^ See DIVISION 43. THE SAFE DRINKING WATER, WATER QUALITY AND SUPPLY, FLOOD CONTROL, RIVER AND COASTAL PROTECTION BOND ACT OF 2006 for additional information on fund source and legislative action.
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