Use audience assessment strategies to identify which, if any, water and watershed governance strategies interest households and landowners. Build participatory opportunities around specific topics of interest. Consider household and landowner response to strategies such as: pollution control, lowering prices, protecting flood plains, improving storage facilities, improving repairs and maintenance and introducing enforced metering. Continue reading →
Audience: Business/Industry water users 
Managers and staff members who have control over services and processes that use water either directly or indirectly in a way which may change water supply or quality.
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Ballard, D. (2005) Finding 1
A model of the change process required for sustainability, involves 3 conditions: (1) Awareness of the agenda, scale, urgency and structure of the issues, (2) Identifying effective roles for individuals or groups, where meaningful activities can be undertaken in parallel to raising awareness, (3) Association or cooperation with others to mobilize towards empowerment. Continue reading →
Lowrie, K. W. and M. Greenberg. (1997) Finding 5
Encourage businesses to take advantage of external relationships such as those offered by trade associations and courses. Continue reading →
Dalgleish, F., & Cooper, B. J. (2005) Finding 2
When water utilities are developing a risk management strategy, encourage them to communicate with stakeholder groups, such as employees, customers, suppliers, lenders, investors, regulators, communiites, and the public. [NOTE: Finding based on one case study.]
Dalgleish, F., & Cooper, B. J. (2005) Finding 1
Encourage water utilities to adopt a risk management strategy and to identify strategic risks, such as risks to a safe, acceptable, and reliable water supply. Risks for this category, for example, can include failure to meet requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act; inappropriate catchment management; and failure to plan for growth and changes in demand. [NOTE: Finding based on one case study.]
Dakins, M. E., Long, J. D., & Hart, M. (2005) Finding 3
Emphasize effective leadership when encouraging or facilitating watershed group formation. Watershed groups rate leadership as more important to effective group formation than support factors such as staff assistance or financial support.
Dakins, M. E., Long, J. D., & Hart, M. (2005) Finding 2
How a watershed group is formed may influence its effectiveness.
- Citizen initiated groups give themselves a high rating on addressing difficult or controversial issues.
- Government initiated groups give themselves a high rating on receiving assistance during formation.
- Groups whose membership has been restricted in some way (e.g. property owners only, instead of all interested parties), give themselves a low rating on involving key decision-making groups, timeliness in addressing issues, and overall effectiveness.
Dakins, M. E., Long, J. D., & Hart, M. (2005) Finding 1
When encouraging or facilitating the activities of a watershed group, consider group purpose and needs. Distinguish whether the group wants to focus on educational and social benefits, the ability to influence policy, or create on-the-ground improvements.
Waltz Jr., F. C., R. N. Carrow, & R. R. Duncan. (2004) Finding 3
Make turf grass management courses readily accessible to golf course managers and provide instructor support for completing assignments and application to their own golf course Continue reading →
Zipper, C. E. and J. S. Rockett. (1997) Finding 1
Emphasize “place”, by creating a local Board for example, has potential for broad impacts on locally identified environmental problems. Continue reading →
