WAS Report outline

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This is a page for honing the outline of the WAS 2008 report.

1. Summary
2. Scenarios that illustrate NC's approach to water allocation
   1. Private firm buys old intake and exports water
   2. Private firm pumps groundwater and exports water
   3. PWS conflict over new reservoir
   4. Population growth
      1. In the Piedmont headwaters
      2. In the mountains
      3. Along the coast
3. Recommended changes for any future water allocation path
   1. Improving existing institutions and laws
      1. Clear statement of policy aims to guide administrative and judicial decisions
      2. Process for conforming existing statutes to each other and to legislated goals
   2. Improving our knowledge base
      1. Data problems: a water information revolution
      2. Important known unknowns that need short-term attention
         1. The limits for groundwater withdrawal, especially in hard-rock settings (Piedmont and mountains)
         2. How to adjust surface water availability models to account for future flow variability
         3. The extent to which the entire southern Atlantic coast could work together on water allocation
         4. How well reclaimed water works with turfgrass varieties and other major landscaping needs
   3. Improving our efficiency
      1. Best practices and leadership efforts in water efficiency that should be rewarded and emulated
   4. Improving our supply
      1. Where more water could come from: a limited menu
         1. More efficient water use
         2. More effective location (including depth) of water intakes
         3. More reservoirs (above-ground storage)
            1. Instream versus off-stream
            2. Medium-sized to regional size reservoirs
            3. Farm pond sized reservoirs
         4. More groundwater storage and retrieval
         5. Reclaimed and gray water
         6. Rainwater harvest and stormwater
   5. Improving our water management institutions
      1. Local
      2. State
         1. Withdrawal permit
         2. Local Water Supply Plans
         3. Local Government Commission
4. Paths ahead for NC's water supply
   
   1. Status quo: Individual systems plan on their own; Capacity Use Areas to react to problems
   2. An adaptive, proactive approach to planning
   3. A model of state-led, comprehensive water planning (Regulated Riparian Model Code)
   4. New institution: water markets (transferable water rights)
      1. Advantages
      2. Disadvantages
      3. Implementation