• Department of Water Resources
• Matt Zidar, San Joaquin County Department of Public Works
• Patricia Lock Dawson, Mayor of Riverside
• Tim Quinn, San Joaquin Valley Water Collaborative Action Program
• Gary Bardini, Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency
• Julie Rentner, River Partners

The third bi-annual Flood-MAR Public Forum was held on November 8-10, 2021 to explore technical, socioeconomics, regulatory, and policy considerations to advance implementation of projects that use floodwaters for managed aquifer recharge (Flood-MAR).

Topic II: Increase Cooperation and Alignment for Multi-Sector, Multi-Benefit Strategies | Institutional silos and inefficiencies impede watershed-based solutions, multi-sector management strategies, and multi-benefit projects. Cooperation and alignment of agencies and partners is essential to facilitating the preplanned and real-time decision-making needed for Flood-MAR projects. Achieving the public and private benefits of Flood-MAR requires expediting permitting processes, incentivizing landowner participation, and protecting floodplains and recharge sites.

• Crop System Suitability
• Environment - Terrestrial and Riparian/Aquatic
• Infrastructure Conveyance and Hydraulics
• Land Use Planning and Management
• People and Water
• Recharge and Extraction Methods and Measurement
• Soils, Geology, and Aquifer Characterization