Their role is to productively assist the lake users meet regulatory requirements, while achieving the objectives. The regulators most important role is ensure that regulations do not inhibit nor obstruct the development process. Establish Objective-based Quantifiable Evaluation Criteria . Thus the criteria must be established for each objective and they must be based on the nature of the objective. Not all criteria need to be expressed in quantitative terms.
Valid criteria can be qualitative.
Those that are qualitative should be related to quantitative information whenever possible, or at least related the some verifiable results from a similar situation. The same criteria provide the basis for assessing both progress and failure. This step of the process identifies the questions for which answers are desired, to satisfy both the stakeholders interests, and the real-world problems that exist in the lake. It identifies the problems that must be addressed in order to achieve the identified objectives. The problems identified must be related to their respective objectives, and can and should be, categorically grouped to the previously identified goals.