The final phase of the San Diego County Water Authority's (Water Authority) Emergency Storage Project will
raise the height of San Vicente Dam by 117 feet to store water for use in an emergency or during
dry years. Construction is expected to start in 2009, but the Water Authority and its public affairs
firm, Katz & Associates, began reaching out to the boating community in 2005 to make
sure they know about the closure well before it happened. The communication plan for the
project has evolved as the team began talking to the boaters and conducted research through a
boater survey and stakeholder interviews. This paper outlines the public outreach and involvement steps taken by the Water Authority and its
consultant so that other water agencies can develop similar programs. Although the
project team may not be able to reach every boater or make every community member satisfied
with the project, the Water Authority feels it is doing everything it can to reach out to the
communities impacted by the San Vicente Dam Raise project.
| Edition : | Vol. - No. |
| File Size : | 1
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, 1.8 MB |
| Note : | This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 22 |
| Published : | 11/01/2008 |
