El Dorado Water Agency’s spring plenary focuses on strengthening partnerships, investment
At its recent Countywide Plenary for Water, El Dorado Water Agency (EDWA) brought together water and utility managers, business and community leaders, non-profit organizations, and staff from local, state, and federal agencies to collaborate on sustainably managing our watershed. Rebecca Guo, General Manager of EDWA, kicked off the Plenary by highlighting the Programmatic Watershed Plan which identified resource management strategies to address watershed threats as well as a new report on the valuation of ecosystem goods and services in the upper American River watershed. The valuation report found that the working landscapes (including working and natural lands) within the watershed are an incredibly valuable asset worth more than $1.6 trillion over a 100 year period.