Bay Area Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP)
The Bay Area Integrated Regional Water Management Plan is a nine-county effort to coordinate and improve water supply reliability, protect water quality, manage flood protection, maintain public health standards, protect habitat and watershed resources, and enhance the overall health of the bay.
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Prop 84 Round 2 Implementation Grant Application has been submitted.
More project have been officially added to the Plan.
We have completed our scoring and ranking process!
Upcoming Events
2013 Update of the Bay Area IRWMP
Draft Chapters Available for Review The following draft chapters of the 2013 Bay Area IRWMP are now available for public review: Chapter 7 (Impacts and Benefits), Chapter 8 (Performance and Monitoring), Chapter 10 (Financing), and Chapter 12 (Relation to Water Planning). Please visit the Plan Update public drafts page to access the chapters. Public Workshop #2 January 28, 2013 The Coordinating Committee for the Bay Area IRWMP hosted its second Public Workshop on Monday, January 28, 2013 from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. at StopWaste.Org, 1537 Webster Street, Oakland, CA (12th Street BART Station). The workshop provided an overview of submitted projects that will be included in the 2013 Bay Area IRWMP, including the project selection and ranking processes that took place in Fall 2012. The workshop also included presentations on funding sources for water resource management projects, and a facilitated group discussion on strategies to promote collaboration and partnerships on projects. The workshop followed the monthly meeting of the Coordinating Committee from 12 to 3 p.m. in the same location. Interested persons attended both the Coordinating Committee meeting and the workshop. Materials related to Public Workshop #2 are provided via the links below. Other materials have been added to the meeting page. To ensure that your email program does not screen out updates regarding the Bay Area IRWMP, please add BAIRWMP@kearnswest.com to your contact list. |
Disadvantaged Communities (DAC) Information View and download maps illustrating locations of DAC areas within the Bay Area region. |
Download the Current 2006 Bay Area IRWMP Download the Final Bay Area IRWMP! We are grateful to all stakeholders who participated in development of the Plan. The Bay Area IRWMP has been recently updated with a new Appendix G: New Projects Added to the IRWMP. Stay tuned for updates about Proposition 84 and Proposition 1E. |
Who is involved in the Bay Area IRWMP? Development of the Bay Area IRWMP involves a diverse group of water supply, water quality, wastewater, stormwater, flood management, watershed and habitat agencies, local governments, environmental groups, business groups and other interested parties... |
Find out more about the Bay Area IRWMP We welcome you to find out what constitutes an IRWMP, what is integrated planning, why the Bay Area IRWMP is important, how the plan will be adopted, what the schedule is, how much funding is available, who is administering the plan grants, and much more! |
