• Evaluate land use impacts on water quantity:
• Impacts on recharge
• Diversion of water in and out of watersheds by POTWs and other uses
• Stormwater management
• Identify source water characteristics that affect quantity:
• Geologic formations, soils
• Seasonal variations

Water Quality - Ensure quality to protect designated uses.

• Prevent pollution from non-point and point sources:
• Ag, mining, land disposal of wastes, spills, stormwater runoff, erosion
• POTWs and other point sources
• Improve nutrient/pollutant reduction technology, alternative treatment options
• Sampling, testing programs and data availability on existing water sources
• Evaluate land use impacts on water quality
• Identify source characteristics that affect quality:
• Geologic vulnerability to pollution (karst and sink holes)
• Natural physical & chemical characteristics and biological habitat

• Quantify instream flow needs for recreation and ecosystem
• Identify consumptive and non-consumptive uses
• Identify withdrawal uses and non-withdrawal uses
• Identify uncertainties and assumptions of projected needs and uses
• Assess storage capacity needs
• Determine safe yields and demand fluctuations
• Identify CWPAs and shortfalls

• Identify and assess alternative potable sources of supply
• Promote water conservation strategies:
• Reduce water loss
• Improve efficiency of water use
• Identify alternative uses for, or re-use of non-potable water
• Promote Source Water Protection:
• Educate and promote the implementation of SWP Plans
• Assess and measure the effectiveness of the SWP Plans
• Coordinate land use planning with water resource planning
• Explore regional and watershed-based water resource planning
• Identify and coordinate institutional and regulatory water agencies & authorities