Santa Ana Region

The Linking Water and Land Use in the Santa Ana Region workshop covered the following topics: Linking Water and Land Use in the Santa Ana Watershed, Making the Water & Land Use Connection - The Ahwahnee Water Principles, Greening the Built Environment and Protecting Local Watersheds, Overcoming the Obstacles to Resource Efficient Land Use table exercise, Land Use Strategies for SAWPA’s One Water One Watershed (OWOW) Integrated Regional Water Management Plan, Preparing Today for Tomorrow, Implementing Efficient Land Use in the Santa Ana Watershed, Where do we go from here?, and a tour of IEUA’s LEED Platinum Certified Headquarters. Below are the presentations for this workshop held on October 18, 2007.

One Water One Watershed: Linking Water and Land Use

Celeste Cantu - Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority - This presentation addresses the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Climate Change, Reduce Water from Delta, Colorado River Basin Drought, and Explosive Development & Population Growth.

Low Impact Development Guidance and Training for Southern California

Matt A. Yeager - San Bernardino County Flood Control District - This presentation covers the LID Project for Southern California and addresses the following topics: What is LID?, Why This Project?, Project Partners, Project Tasks, Project Status, How Does it Further the “Greening” Goals?

Commitment to the Land Commitment to the Community

Jane Block - The Riverside Land Conservancy - This project covers the current projects of the Riverside Land Conservancy, purpose, and mission.

Inland Empire Sustainable Watershed Program

Rick Thomas - California Resource Connections, Inc. - This presentation covers the mission of CRC and the "six project components:" the Watershed Atlas, Green Map, Model Land Use Ordinance, Green Development Initiative, Watershed 101, and Think River! Santa Ana.

Inland Empire Model Ordinance Project

Siri Eggebraten - Connective Issue - This presentation covers the model ordinance project and the current issues: water supply, water quality, and climate change.

The Under-Utilized Water Management Strategy: One Water One Watershed

Susan Longville - CSUSB Water Resources Institute - This presentation covers the SAWPA’s One Water One Watershed Plan and its 10 Water Management Strategies.

Outlook on Future Water Bonds

Joe Caves - Conservation Strategy Group - This presentation covers the current water bonds, remaining funding, and outlines possible future water bond proposals (ie. the Governor's and Perata's)

Preparing for Climate Change in the Santa Ana Watershed: Linking Water and Land Use

Martha Davis - Inland Empire Utilities Agency - This presentation addresses what climate change impacts mean for the Santa Ana watershed and how water agencies should plan for water reliability under conditions of uncertainty.

Water and Sustainable Development

Metropolitan Water District - This presentation gives an overview of the Southern California Metropolitan Water District and provides information on the importance of water conservation. It also contains examples of different projects and programs that are in action to help conserve water and maintain sustainable development.

Green Redevelopment Plan Upper Santa Ana Watershed

Dave McIntosh - California Resources Connection Inc. - This presentation explains how we develop impacts the Santa Ana River watershed. It also identifies areas in Riverside that are good opportunities for infill development.

Linking Water and Land Use - Ahwahnee Water Principles

Clark Anderson - Local Government Commission - This presentation covers the Ahwahnee Water Principles and answers the question, "Why link water and land use?"