WATER SUPPLY SUSTAINABILITY
Ensure water supply and demand are kept in balance so that Valley residents, businesses, farms, and aquatic life all have the needed level of sustainable water (ground and surface).

WATER QUALITY
Aggressively achieve the level of water quality (ground and surface) required to support the human, business, and agricultural needs in the Valley, without sacrificing the needs of the watershed’s fish and other aquatic life.

NATURAL SYSTEMS
Protect and enhance the natural systems that are integral to water resources protection, including: karst geography, vegetative buffers, forests, and wetlands.

PLANNING AND REGIONAL COOPERATION
Achieve a broad regional consensus on the direction of water resources policy, planning, and management so that common goals can be achieved and solutions implemented more effectively and cost-efficiently.

EDUCATION/ STEWARDSHIP
Have well informed, conservation-minded citizens, business people, and elected officials that are actively involved in promoting water resources stewardship.

RECREATIONAL ACCESS
Ensure reasonable public access to the Valley’s water resources while respecting private property rights and the need to protect water quality.

 ALL PRIMARY GOALS

DATA AND INFORMATION
Provide Valley leaders and citizens alike with accessible, reliable and objective information and scientific data needed to support informed water resources decisions.

FINANCIAL RESOURCES
Provide or obtain the financial resources needed to meet the Valley’s water resources goals, continuously prioritizing efforts to maximize the value of each available dollar.

BUILD ON EXISTING ABILITIES AND RELATIONSHIPS
Strengthen the Valley’s ability to address water resources issues by effectively using and adding to the skills of local, regional, state, and national resources.

AGRICULTURAL AND OPEN SPACE HERITAGE
Enhance the Valley’s agricultural and open space heritage linkage to water resources stewardship.

ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE
Enhance the Valley’s economic advantage by protecting and wisely using water resources.

STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS
Optimize standards and regulatory tools necessary to meet the Valley’s water resource protection and planning needs and consistently and equitably enforce these standards and regulations.

ALL SUPPORTING GOALS