Water & Resource Initiatives

A comprehensive guide to water and resource issues CBIA is tracking.

State Initiatives

• California Department of Fish and Wildlife
  • Lake and Streambed Alteration Program
  • Regional Conservation Investment Strategies Program
  • Natural Community Conservation Planning
• California Water Commission
  • State Water Resources Control Board
• Areas of Special Biological Significance
  • Wetlands Policy
  • Construction General Permit
• Bay-Delta Conservation Plan – A committee consisting of state and local agencies, environmental organizations and other interested parties are compiling the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan to identify water flow and habitat restoration in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
• California Water Plan Update
• FloodSAFE California
• Central Valley Flood Protection Board (CVFPB)
• State Lands Commission
• California Climate Adaptation Strategy
• California Public Utilities Commission Water Action Plan (PDF) – The purpose of the Water Action Plan is to have a set of regulations for investor-owned water utilities and to create policy objectives for the regulation of utilities.

Actions to Implement New Water Use Efficiency Standards

• Department of Water Resources:
  Recommendations on Outdoor and Indoor Residential Use Standard, Update UWMP Guidebook and Templates for New Water Shortage Contingency Planning
• State Water Resources Control Board: Adoption of Outdoor Residential Use Standard