- Implement ecologically sustainable and cost effective water supply efficiency targets that reduce demand or increase supply.
- Reduce exports from the SF Bay Delta, minimize reverse flows in the Delta, and increase Delta outflow.
- Restore instream flows, volumes and patterns for aquatic ecosystems.
- Provide fish passage above and below dams for all at-risk salmonid species.
- Retain cold water for fish in reservoirs for later downstream release.
- Integrate floodplains with rivers and streams.
- Eliminate State and Federal water deliveries to irrigate drainage-impaired lands in the western San Joaquin Valley.
- Restore surface and groundwater quality.
- Maximize regional water self-sufficiency to include water for the environment.
- Fund sustainable environmental agencies, watershed restoration and science with end-user fees.
To read the entire California Water Solutions Now report, click here.