AWWA JAW6659
Journal AWWA - Decentralizing Water Resource Planning and Management
Journal Article by American Water Works Association, 07/01/1982
Wright, William C.;Cohen, Ronna;Heath, Jeffrey H.
Full Description
The comprehensive state water-planning process is a broad-based information gathering approach to addressing the problems of the water industry. Designed to promote efficient water use, this scheme seeks to eliminate duplicate efforts in neighboring locales by promoting political cooperation, regionalization, and consolidation. States are responsible for their own water resources activities. Their main goal is to provide a water management and allocation strategy and multipurpose state water plan so that local utilities can coordinate decision making. Success in meeting the challenges of the eastern states' water industry depends on an integrated water allocation strategy and multipurpose state water plans. Pennsylvania and Florida are two states which have undertaken an integrated approach to water and land resources management. Includes 37 references, tables, figures.