4.4: Water Resource Partners
Ensure that water resource partners support and execute water resources management in accordance with the Guiding Principles,
Goals and Objectives of the Basin Plan.
Other Information:
This Plan was developed with input from individuals representing federal, state, and local government agencies, businesses
and non-governmental, non-profit organizations. Implementation of this Plan will require the continued efforts of these partners
and others. Engaging a cross-section of Basin stakeholders to implement the Basin Plan. While the DRBC will have primary responsibility
for compiling data relevant to measuring milestones and indicators, Basin partners need to continue to provide input and oversight.
The 13,539 square miles of Basin territory is too large and its conditions too varied to engage local participants effectively
on a Basin-wide scale. However, effective engagement of local contributors from the 838 municipalities, 42 counties, and myriad
watershed associations is essential. Watershed regions, defined by grouping adjacent watersheds, perhaps those of the HUC
11 scale (see “Key Result Area 1: Sustainable Use and Supply,” and the “Water Regions of the Delaware River Basin” map) offer
a means of addressing local and regional issues and effectively engaging participation. Several regions have already successfully
organized such as the collaborative efforts established for the Lehigh and the Schuylkill Rivers.
Objective(s):
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