SANTA ANA WATERSHED PROJECT AUTHORITY

Home Browse Search

Grant Agreement No. 4600011889 Page 11 of 32 Activity Engage Mutual Water Companies The California Rural Water Association will engage with mutual water companies throughout the watershed to learn about the strengths and needs of these organizations. Deliverables: ❑ Report about each mutual water company water issues and needs ❑ Summary report of regional trends Activity 5 Engage Water Agencies SAWPA staff will engage with water agencies throughout the watershed to gather and summarize the understanding of strengths and needs of disadvantaged and underrepresented communities within their water service areas. Deliverables: ❑ Summary report of responses Activity 6 Community Listening Workshops The California State University Disadvantaged Community Center (CSU DACC) will conduct or participate in at least nine community workshops throughout the watershed, to gather Information related from community members about their understanding of the water -related strengths and needs of their community. Deliverables: ❑ Workshop notices and materials ❑ Community input information in Community Water Ethnography of the Santa Ana River Watershed Activity 7 Community Water Ethnography of the Santa Ana River Watershed CSU DACC will lead the writing of the Community Water Ethnography of the Santa Ana River Watershed, a report about social, cultural and water -related strengths and needs of the overburdened and underrepresented communities in the watershed. This report will reveal all that was learned in the Strengths & Needs Assessment Program Element, and become the foundation for the Engagement & Education Program Element. Deliverables: ❑ Community Water Ethnography of the Santa Ana River Watershed (Funding Area -wide Needs Assessment Report) to include: spatial description of "communities" (beyond Census Tracts), community water management provider roster (who serves each community), demographic data and trends, required data needs as described by "Needs Assessment Template" In the DACI Program Guidelines. This report will meet and exceed the grant requirements of a Final Assessment Report, Activity 8 Homelessness & Water Convening SAWPA staff and program partners will convene a one -day event to reveal synergies and develop new partnerships between those seeking to manage homelessness in the watershed and those engaged with water management. Deliverables: ❑ Notice of meeting ❑ Pictures of event. 0 Summary Report of conclusions and next steps