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Workshops on Linking Water and Land Use in California

LGC is hosting a series of regional workshops to help communities coordinate land use planning with water resource protection. The workshops will provide local leaders with strategies and tools to protect and manage water resources needed for future growth.


New development has an enormous impact on water resources and water quality. Not all elected officials and planning commissioners charged with city and county land use decisions understand that where and how new development occurs in their community affects the quantity and quality of future water supplies. Even fewer understand that where and how new development occurs in their community affects the financial liability that new development places on local government.


In 2004, with funding from the State Water Boards, the Local Government Commission (LGC) set out to develop a cost-effective and politically viable blueprint to foster water resource efficient land use decisions at the local level. The LGC invited elected officials, land use planning and urban design professionals, and experts in water resource policy, management and planning – with experience at the federal, state and local levels – to draft the Ahwahnee Water Principles for Resource Efficient Land Use (Water Principles).


The Regional Workshops will provide participants with a range of information to better understand the links between water and land use in their jurisdictions. Presentations will illustrate how the Ahwahnee Water Principles foster sustainable land use decisions that result in more vibrant and livable communities. Additionally, presentations by regulatory officials will explain how the water principles apply to pertinent regulatory issues including Phase I and II stormwater permits, and SB 610 and SB 220 water supply planning laws.


Register now for the Linking Water and Land Use workshop in your region!


Download the Linking Water and Land Use Workshop Agendas and Presentations!
 
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