CDR Associates Water Resource Dispute Systems

Water Resource Dispute Systems Experience

American River Water Contract and Environmental Impact Statement Negotiations, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the City and County of Sacramento, California, and East Bay Municipal Utility District. CDR conducted a situation assessment of a deeply entrenched water and environmental protection conflict dispute in Northern California that helped bring concerned parties to the negotiating table. Subsequently,CDR Associates designed and facilitated six months of multiparty meetings concerning the development of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on use of American River water, protection of the environment, preservation of recreational amenities, and meeting municipal water needs in the San Francisco Bay area. The success of the meetings enabled key political decision-makers at local and national levels to reach a final agreement, and resolve decades-long water conflicts in California's Central Valley and Bay Delta.