Watershed districts supplement municipal land use regulation with an exclusive focus on water quality and flood control and hopefully avoid the problem of pushing the detrimental effects of development downstream. Watershed districts provide a more equitable and effective means of financing improvements for water resources. Typically, local municipal jurisdictions lack the necessary resources to fund critical improvements designed to restore water quality or provide flood control for local lakes and streams. Assessing the costs across the entire watershed that contributes drainage to these lakes and streams provides a more equitable and effective approach. Finally, watershed districts, as local entities with boards comprised of local citizens, provide an effective means of engaging citizen ownership and management of valued local water resources.
Citizens are ready to help.
They are ready to contribute to saving the earth. Our part is to make it easier for them to do so. If you do it one small watershed at a time, you still have public support. Small size is the advantage. National Geographic Special Edition at pp.