This issue needs to be addressed. She said there was also considerable discussion concerning the direct linkage between the economy and environment. Like water quality and water quantity, you can't really separate these two areas. If you try to you are missing the point. The sustainability factor for water quality really depends on people coming together and putting on the table their worst fears, their unexpressed agendas, their motivations for being there.
New solutions bring their own set of problems.
Some of the strategies based on fear drive a whole set of problems that can come up quite quickly. There has to be a way of addressing water quality issues, being fully aware of the fears of all parties involved. Should discuss worst case scenarios and get all of those out on the table before you can move on to a good restorative solution. Another item brought up is that everyone who comes to these meetings has a piece of information and their own point of view, which they assume is the whole story. That was an interesting aspect as it takes everyone's view coming in and being heard to really understand a watershed problem.