A key objective of the California Water Plan is to present a diverse set of resource management strategies to meet the water related resource management needs of each region. Management strategies can be integrated in various ways to fit the water management objectives and values of different regions and to achieve multiple resource benefits.

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CH.	Update 2009 Resource Management Strategies	Working Drafts available for download JUNE '08	Notes from Workshops JULY '08	Pre-Admin Drafts available for download AUG. '08	Pre-Admin Drafts available for download AUG. '08	Notes from Plenary RMS breakout sessions SEPT 08	Public Review Draft JAN 09	Pre-Final Draft OCT 09
Reduce Water Demand
2	Agricultural Water Use Efficiency	231 KB	Notes	459 KB	190 KB	Notes Summary	83 KB	175 KB
3	Urban Water Use Efficiency	499 KB	Notes	548 KB	198 KB	Notes Summary	127 KB	233 KB
Improve Operational Efficiency and Transfers
	Conveyance (combined)	151 KB	Delta Notes Reg/Local Notes			xx		83 KB
4	Conveyance - Delta			368 KB	232 KB	Notes Summary	141 KB	183 KB
5	Conveyance - Regional/Local					Notes Summary	48 KB	77 KB
6	System Reoperation	coming soon	Notes			Notes Summary	195 KB	220 KB
7	Water Transfers	172 KB	Notes			Notes Summary	42 KB	79 KB
Increase Water Supply
8	Conjunctive Management & Groundwater Storage	234 KB	Notes			Notes Summary	206 KB	2.5 MB
9	Desalination - Brackish and Seawater	193 KB	Notes			Notes Summary	50 KB	173 MB
10	Precipitation Enhancement	336 KB	Notes	407 KB	375 KB	Notes Summary	292 KB	153 KB
11	Recycled Municipal Water	202 KB	Notes	991 KB	708 KB	Notes Summary	191 KB	310 KB
12	Surface Storage -- CALFED	224 KB	Notes	317 KB	282 KB	Notes Summary	213 KB	271 KB
13	Surface Storage -- Regional/Local	167 KB	Notes			Notes Summary	35 KB
Improve Water Quality
14	Drinking Water Treatment and Distribution	215 KB	Notes	581 KB	285 KB	Notes Summary pre-prd	492 KB	201 KB
15	Groundwater / Aquifer Remediation	256 KB	Notes	82 KB	126 KB	Notes Summary	56 KB	108 KB
16	Matching Water Quality to Use	61 KB	Notes	197 KB	102 KB	Notes Summary	48 KB	93 KB
17	Pollution Prevention	333 KB	Notes	621 KB	162 KB	Notes Summary	82 KB	150 KB
18	Salt and Salinity Management	1.7 MB	Notes	778 KB	4.1 MB	Notes Summary	485 KB	603 KB
19	Urban Runoff Management	296 KB	Notes	310 KB	97 KB	Notes Summary	48 KB	100 KB
Practice Resources Stewardship
20	Agricultural Lands Stewardship	463 KB	Notes	424 KB	179 KB	Notes Summary	107 KB	189 KB
21	Economic Incentives (Loans, Grants, and Water Pricing)	100 KB	Notes	364 KB	95 KB	Notes Summary	48 KB	94 KB
22	Ecosystem Restoration	143 KB	Notes	107 KB	219 KB	Notes Summary	57 KB	100 KB
23	Forest Management	280 KB	Notes	637 KB	203 KB	Notes Summary	160 KB	185 KB
24	Land Use Planning and Management (formerly Urban Land Use Mgmt.)	277 KB	Notes	292 KB	125 KB	Notes Summary	95 KB	164 KB
25	Recharge Areas Protection	238 KB	Notes	314 KB	116 KB	Notes Summary	53 KB	105 KB
26	Water-Dependent Recreation	186 KB	Notes	182 KB	90 KB	Notes Summary	80 KB	165 KB
27	Watershed Management	172 KB	Notes			Notes Summary	62 KB	120 KB
Improve Flood Management
	Floodflow Modification	107 KB	Notes	NOTE: changed 4 names to 2...please, see below!		xx
	Flood Impact Modification	98 KB	Notes			xx
	Flood Susceptibility Modification	165 KB	Notes			xx
	Floodplain Restoration	143 KB	Notes			xx
	NEW Titles for Flood RMS			NOTE2: changed 2 names to 1! please, skip below...		xx
	Flood Impact Reduction			142 KB	76 KB	Notes Summary
	Floodflow Management			158 KB	84 KB	Notes Summary
	MORE NEW Title for Flood RMS
28	Flood Risk Management						98 KB	121 KB
Other Strategies
29	Other Strategies (includes crop idling for water transfers, dewvaporation, fog collection, irrigated land retirement, rainfed ag and transoceanic water bags) (1st draft from Update 2005)	278 KB	Notes			xx	56 KB	124 KB