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REPORT Survey Monkey Breakout Sessions. Envisioning Our F utu r e. Survey Monkey results. Who Responded?. How Important Is Each Issue?. Highlights of Breakout Sessions:. Energy supply. Sample comments . . . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
REPORT
Survey Monkey Breakout Sessions
Envis
ionin
g O
ur
Future
Survey Monkey results
Who Responded?
How Important Is Each Issue?Issue Less Moderately Extremely
Water Quality (Nonpoint)
1% 27% 73%
Water Supply 6% 22% 72%
Energy Supply 7% 32% 61%
Climate Trends
8% 35% 58%
Societal Growth
2% 52% 43%
Highlights of Breakout Sessions:
Energy supply
Sample comments . . . Why don’t we have a national
energy policy and national Renewable Portfolio Standard?
Decentralized (distributed) is the way to go.
Need more discussions with people at local level to learn what they want and need.
Conservation, conservation, conservation.
Water
quality
Non
point e
mphasis
Sample comments . . . Will we need permits in the future?
Can we regulate nonpoints into compliance?
Will states be allowed by federal law to be laboratories of innovation?
All water problems are local.
Do all streams need to be fishable/swimmable?
More sample comments . . .
Micro-scale biomass & other market uses of manure
We need to recognize the true cost & value of water.
It all comes back to finances/revenue.
This is not the beer-tasting seminar?
Water
supply
Sample comments . . . We have done the studies. We know
there is not enough water.
Localities need leadership and resources from the state to address water supply challenges.
Outreach and education.
The Commonwealth holds water resources in trust for the public good.
More sample comments . . .Gray water uses. Potable water
not always needed.
Accurate data needed regarding exactly what our water resources are.
Mega-projects???
Land Redevelopment Waste Management Aging infrastructure Air & Water Impacts Planning Land Conservation
Societ
al
growth
Sample comments . . . Business community needs to step up,
demand what’s needed (forgetting Agenda 21debate), and help make it happen.
Volunteers help with litter & public works During drought, the aquifer can fall 1 foot
over a 50-mile area due to the water withdrawals of 2 facilities. What does this bode for the future?
We lose the equivalent of 2 Lexingtons to development each year.
More Sample Comments . . . In some regions, we are left with shells
of communities & infrastructure Can private sector partner with state
government to address issues? Regional, collaborative solutions needed. “Planning” has a negative connotation
for many. This time around . . . How can we move
forward actually to resolve these issues?
Yet more comments . . . It’s become “in vogue” to hate
government. That’s wrong. Government can lead. We can all
contribute. State government can provide analytic
tools & data to assist local governments in making decisions.
Share successes. “Sustainability” is not a dirty word . . .
& not a property rights issue.
Comments continued . . . Re-activate SWAT team (Local
Assistance Team) to assist local governments & to look statewide.
Public/private partnerships of industry & local governments
Evaluate incentives & see if working well
Look at accountability (imposing costs/penalties) as well as incentives
Climate
tren
ds
Sample comments . . . The Army Corps of Engineers
officially acknowledged climate change in 2009.
Weather & sea level are changing – the reason doesn’t really matter, does it?
Two focuses: respond to emergencies; plan where we’re going in the future
Huge issues – bigger than anything we’ve ever dealt with before
More sample comments . . . In some low-lying areas, homeowners
can’t even get insurance. State take lead in developing risk models.
Feds can do study if for a whole region. Local planning is also vital. US Corps of Engineers Silver Jackets will
come out to help communities on request. VIMS did study of recurrent high tides.
SNR looking at platform to raise issues to next level.
What will the FUTURE hold?
A prediction from The National Intelligence Council
MAJOR TRENDS:End of U.S. global dominanceRising power of individuals against statesRising middle class whose demands challenge governmentsGordian knot of water, food, and energy shortages
The future is “malleable.”
Our effort is to encourage decision-makers,
Whether in government or outside,
To think and plan for the long term
So that negative futures do not occur
And positive ones have a better chance of
unfolding.
National Intelligence Council
Report IssuedDecember 10, 2012
Quoting Council Chairman Christopher Kojm
Your thoughts . . .
What should our next steps be?