Archives by Tag 'water use efficiency'

CALFED: Fostering and Monitoring Effective Urban Water Conservation Programs (2002)

CONCUR mediated a four-month-long, fast-track negotiation among urban water agencies, environmental groups and state and federal agencies that resulted in the unanimous adoption of a detailed framework for certifying statewide urban water conservation programs. The 2002 dialogue, which brought together nearly two dozen parties, focused on (1) defining a process to determine whether urban [...]

CALFED: Devising an Agricultural Water Use Efficiency Program (1998-2001)

Between 1998 and 2001, CONCUR successfully mediated a dialogue among agricultural, environmental and agency interests working to structure a program that elicits and assures efficient agricultural water management practices.  The effort, known as the Agricultural Water Use Efficiency Steering Committee and part of the federal-state initiative known as the CALFED Bay-Delta Program, helped resolve longstanding [...]

CALFED: Supporting Ecosystem Restoration (1997-2000)

CONCUR worked with the CALFED Bay-Delta Program on two separate occasions to foster the broadly supported development and implementation of the Ecosystem Restoration Program (ERP), one of the largest environmental planning initiatives ever undertaken in North America.
In 1997, CONCUR helped design and facilitate the Independent Review Panel on Ecosystem Restoration, which critically reviewed the draft [...]

California Urban Water Conservation Council Ultra Low Flush Toilets: Best Management Practices (1999)

In late 1999, CONCUR assisted the California Urban Water Conservation Council (CUWCC) in developing consensus targets for ultra-low-flush toilet replacements. The one-day negotiating session, preceded by in-depth interviews with key stakeholders, resulted in an agreement-in-principle that assisted more than a dozen parties in resolving a longstanding disagreement. Negotiators included environmental representatives such as Natural Resources [...]