Michael Antos, Senior Integrated Water Management Specialist at Stantec
Water UCI Colloquium Series: Transitioning to Integrated Water Management
In 2002 California created the Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) Program to drive the transition to integrated water management in the state. Designed to reveal that integrated planning and shared governance was more efficient over the long term, the IRWM Program is a transition management policy. However, the IRWM program has not been implemented as a transition, rather, it has become entrenched, and is less effective at encouraging change than when it was crafted.
Michael Antos, Senior Integrated Water Management Specialist at Stantec spoke of the IRWM and how the management of water poses unique and evolving challenges for public administrators.