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Amador-Calaveras Watershed Planning
Up one levelWater Resources and Land Use Planning: Watershed-based Strategies for Amador and Calaveras Counties
The pressure to grow and the development patterns to accommodate this growth have significant implications for water resources in Amador and Calaveras counties. This watershed plan examines the connections between land use policies, development patterns and water resources, and how these connections relate to local planning efforts. Within this plan is an assessment of existing conditions and policies; explanation of the links between land use decisions, watershed health, water quality, and water quality regulations; strategies and recommendations that match local needs, suggestions for planners, administrators and developers as they plan future developments, and implementation measures. This plan does not intend to replicate the efforts of local watershed groups or general plan updates, but to provide a land-use lens for approaching watershed management.
Aligning Land Use and Water Quality Protection In Amador & Calaveras Counties
A Watershed-based Strategy for Amador and Calaveras Counties Communities
About the Amador-Calaveras Watershed Planning Project
The project has three main components: the planning process and project oversight, the regional assessment of best management practices and policy recommendations, and the watershed plan. The outcomes of the project are listed below.
Meeting Agendas and Notes
Below are the meeting agendas, notes, and other documents for the Amador-Calaveras watershed planning meetings.
Amador-Calaveras Resources
This folder will be a private folder that holds any specific Amador-Calaveras resources that do not fit in general categories elsewhere on the site.
Amador-Calaveras Watershed Assessment
This document provides a summary of issues at the water and land use nexus in Amador and Calaveras counties. The first section addresses growth trends and development patterns in Amador and Calaveras counties, as well as in the larger Sierra region. It also provides initial discussion regarding current planning efforts in both Amador and Calaveras counties. The second addresses the relationships between development and stormwater runoff and water quality. The third addresses links between land use planning and both water supply and wastewater management.
