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Douglas County Water Commission narrows outreach, shifts to topic-focused groups for county water plan
Summary
At its March 24 meeting the Douglas County Water Commission reviewed revisions to a providers survey and shifted public engagement from a single stakeholder group to smaller, topic-specific focus groups. Commissioners urged clearer definitions and stronger data requests before moving to policy discussions.
At the Douglas County Water Commission meeting on March 24, staff described changes to the county's draft water plan outreach and a revised water-provider survey, and commissioners recommended narrowing the public engagement approach and tightening the data requested from providers.
Lauren Pulver, water resources staff, told the commission that the provider survey was edited to clarify section 4 on water supply and to separate questions about reusable water. "We're now looking to move away from having a completely separate, stakeholder group and then instead focusing our time and effort more on the focus groups," Pulver said, describing a shift toward several topic-centered focus groups (for example: water providers, individual well owners) rather than a single broad stakeholder body.
The change matters because the county intends the outreach to inform an 18-month comprehensive water plan that will feed land-use and policy recommendations across Douglas County. Commissioners said outreach design should prioritize getting consistent, usable data…
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