URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT AND DROUGHT: WHAT CAN LOS ANGELES LEARN FROM AUSTRALIA'S MILLENNIUM DROUGHT? Dave Jaeckel|MEM 2015 Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Background 2 Melbourne Los Angeles
Background 3 “And if never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry years. It was always that way.” - John Steinbeck, East of Eden
Roadmap 4 Presentation Roadmap • California and Australia droughts • Why Melbourne? • Research methods • Lessons learned from Melbourne Sources: United States Drought Monitor, NBCnews.com
Drought 5 California Drought • Going into fourth consecutive year of drought. • 2013 driest year on record; maybe driest in past 500 years. • Reservoir storage capacity at 38% in comparison with average conditions. Drought • 90% ‘severe to exceptional drought’ Monitor for • 11 trillion gallons to recover Feb 24, 2015 Los Angeles Sources: United States Drought Monitor, NBCnews.com
Drought 6 Australia’s Millennium Drought • 1997 – 2010: longest period of rainfall deficit on record. • Produced changes to the way Australia manages its water, and created a political atmosphere supportive of deep investment and rapid innovation. • Accelerated reforms to water Melbourne laws and institutions that were already underway. Australian Rainfall Deciles • All of Australia impacted. 1/1/97 – 12/31/2009 Sources: Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Melbourne 7 Why Melbourne? • Water governance • Scaled stormwater capture • Water behavior change • Desalination cautionary tale Melbourne Sources: City of Melbourne
Methods 8 Research Methods Informal interviews with urban water management 1. representatives from government, academia, and industry.
Methods 9 The Energy Coalition and TreePeople sponsored California 2. delegation to Australia.
Methods 10 Research Questions Three Focal Areas: Collaborative Governance : 1. Sources: Office of Living Victoria
Methods 11 Fostering Public Stewardship: 2. Sources: Office of Living Victoria, City of Melbourne
Methods 12 Deploying Technologies to Scale: 3. Sources: Office of Living Victoria,
Lessons: Collaborative Governance 13 Sources: Office of Living Victoria Lessons Learned from Melbourne • Collaborative Governance 1.
Lessons: Collaborative Governance 14 Melbourne in 1980s
Lessons: Collaborative Governance 15 Melbourne During Drought
Lessons: Collaborative Governance 16 Melbourne Today: Metropolitan Whole-of-Water-Cycle Management Plans - Generic Governance Arrangements Governing Bodies Project Steering Committee Project Directors Group Office of Living Metropolitan Local Government Melbourne Water Water Corporations Parks Victoria Victoria Planning Authority (one from each) engagement Community engagement OLV Project Community Technical Manager Working OLV Project Groups Team (various to be determined) Stakeholders Local Government Environment Protection Authority Department of Health VicRoads Urban Development Institute of Developers Water Management Committees Catchment Management Authorities Australia Department of Environment and Department of Transport, Planning Local Environment Groups ‘ Friends of ’ Groups Primary Industry and Local Infrastructure Recreational users Other Large Institutional Water Users Regional Industry Peak Bodies Community engagement Sources: Office of Living Victoria
Lessons: Collaborative Governance 17 • Collaborative Governance 2. cool the city by 39 degrees Fahrenheit Sources: City of Melbourne
Lessons: Public Stewardship 18 • Public Stewardship 1. Melbourne Water System Storage 2003 - 2009 Sources: Office of Living Victoria
Lessons: Public Stewardship 19 Sources City of Melbourne
Lessons: Decentralized Technology 20 • Decentralized Technologies 1. Sources: Office of Living Victoria
Conclusion 21 Next Steps • Develop policy recommendations for LA’s urban water management system with TreePeople based on Australia’s experience. • Complete white paper with TreePeople outlining these policy recommendations.
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