Proposition 50 and Proposition 84, and the corresponding creation of Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) planning groups, significantly altered California’s approach to water management. As these programs evolved, a growing gap emerged between the activities of the traditional water community and the needs of disadvantaged communities and the people that live and work there. In response to these concerns, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) initiated seven IRWM disadvantaged community grant projects, representing a diverse socio-economic landscape, to identify more effective means of engaging with and responding to the water-related needs of disadvantaged communities.
The attached document presents recommendations formed during more than three years of grant project work. These projects culminated in a three-day workshop convened in December 2014 that included representatives of the DWR and the State Water Resources Control Board. Click here to read the recommendations report.
