Multiple Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Management of Water Systems and Pollution. J. Guyse, L. R. Keller, and D. Biswas; Cal Poly, Pomona, University of California, Irvine
The near-shore ocean water in Huntington Beach, California has been repeatedly found during the past two summers (1999 and 2000) to exceed allowable pollution levels, resulting in many summer beach closures and warnings. This project’s focus is on decision making regarding management of water pollution in the Talbert Marshland and near-shore ocean water off Huntington Beach. In particular, we consider alternative ways to manage urban run-off through storm drains into the marshland, which subsequently flows into the Pacific Ocean. More generally, we consider other possible actions to counteract possible sources of pollution including leaking sewer pipes or planned discharge of treated sewage far out in the ocean.
Stakeholders to this system include water systems managers, city and local government officials, local business owners, beachgoers, surfers and surfing promoters, tourists, residents and environmental groups. We construct and compare different stakeholder groups’ hierarchies of multiple objectives regarding the management of this system. We then trace the evolution of the pollution management problem from early detection through beach closures, to expansion of scope with the recent energy crisis.
Funded by US EPA for project on "Identification and Control of Non-Point Sources of Microbial Pollution in a Coastal Wetland," under PI Brett Sanders, UCI Dept. of Civil and Environmental Research, grant R-82801101-0, 8/1/00-7/31/03.
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