Mission, Vision, Values, & Strategies

In partnership with member agencies and stakeholders, meet the region's water supply needs by:

• Providing a safe and reliable water supply
• Diversifying the region's water supply sources
• Building, maintaining, and operating critical water facilities in a cost-effective and environmentally sensitive manner

• We will consider our partner agencies’ and stakeholders’ interests in our decisions.
• We will do our work in the most cost effective-ways.
• We will have open communications with our partner agencies and the public.
• We will have an open and inclusive policy development process.
• We value diversity in the water supply.
• We value long-range planning.

The Strategic Plan

Accomplishing the Water Authority’s mission requires thoughtful, prudent planning that identifies long-range needs, key issues, establishes appropriate strategies and goals, and provides the necessary financing to successfully meet those goals. The framework and roadmap for achieving our mission is the Water Authority Strategic Plan.  

The Strategic Plan
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The Board developed the Strategic Plan to identify key result areas now and into the future that must be addressed to meet the region’s growing demands and to ensure the cost effective, environmentally sensitive and safe delivery of those supplies over the next quarter century.  

The Strategic Plan identifies three key result areas with accompanying strategies for success.
•    Water Supply Diversification
•    Leadership
•    Asset Management

This long-term commitment by the Board to diversify the region’s water supplies portfolio, reduce the region’s reliance on imported water, and optimize facilities will provide the flexibility necessary to respond to the region’s ever-changing needs.

To view the current status of the plan, click on Water Authority's strategic performance reporting tool.

Strategic Plan performance is available to stakeholders and the public online through the Strategic Plan Performance Tool. Click here to view and use the tool.

  

Business Plan

Business Plan
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The Water Authority’s 2015 Business Plan outlines the key issues, strategies, and programs necessary to accomplish the Strategic Plan objectives. The Water Authority budget reflects the core Business Plan priorities. The 2015 Business Plan

The Business Plan is a rolling five-year “look ahead” with quarterly updates to evaluate progress on accomplishing milestones.  The Business Plan is updated biennially, with an assessment of the plan’s metrics and a review of the goals’ alignment with the Strategic Plan completed annually.

Long-Range Financing Plan

Long-Range Financing Plan
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The Long-Range Financing Plan identifies the financial policies that guide the Water Authority’s prudent management of financial risk and outlines Water Authority plans to finance its $3.8 billion Capital Improvement Program.Long-Range Financing Plan

Together, these documents direct the key management strategies that guide the Water Authority’s management and staff . They provide clear policy and deliberate direction that will enable us to deliver on our mission of a safe and reliable water supply for generations to come.

For additional long-range plans related to facilities and water supply management, click here. To view the Water Authority's Multi-Year Budget, click here.