Water Resilience Portfolio

The drought of 2012 16 showed the importance of regional investments in a diverse water supply portfolio including conservation water recycling groundwater storage and cleanup and more.

Water resilience portfolio. Water resilience portfolio initiative meeting the needs. Water resilience portfolio governor gavin newsom signed an executive order on april 29 2019 directing his administration to think differently and act boldly by developing a comprehensive strategy to build a climate resilient water system. This blueprint establishes regional priorities that align challenges with opportunities for water focused innovations like conservation replenishing aquifers and direct potable reuse said secretary for environmental protection jared blumenfeld. By implementing this portfolio of actions together we can meet the existential threat posed by climate change with a strategic.

State agencies must also consider how future hydrology will affect supply reliability and whether current approaches to extend local supplies such as conservation recycling or stormwater capture are sufficient for future. On july 28 2020 governor gavin newsom released a final version of the water resilience portfolio the administration s blueprint for equipping california to cope with more extreme droughts and floods rising temperatures declining fish populations over reliance on groundwater and other challenges. State agencies are only one set of water decision makers in california california secretary for food and agriculture karen ross said. Below is a short summary of the 32 recommendations put forth in the final water resilience portfolio.

California water resilience portfolio the california natural resources agency the california environmental protection agency and the california department of food and agriculture will work to identify and assess a suite of complementary actions to ensure safe and resilient water supplies flood protection and healthy waterways for the state s communities economy and environment. The portfolio is divided into four broad approaches. Protect and enhance natural systems. Maintain and diversify water supplies.

A final section outlines a plan for executing the portfolio. The water resilience portfolio initiative will include an inventory and assessment of existing tools to provide safe accessible and affordable water such as local or regional consolidations technical assistance infrastructure funding and efficiency measures. Water resilience portfolio efforts on july 28 2020 governor gavin newsom released a final version of the water resilience portfolio the administration s blueprint for equipping california to cope with more extreme droughts and floods rising temperatures declining fish populations over reliance on groundwater and other challenges. Accordingly feedback on this draft will be important to refining and finalizing our portfolio.

The full document can be found at waterresilience ca gov. Under each approach recommendations and actions for achieving those recommendations are provided. A final water resilience portfolio will be released soon after that.