WHAT IS RISING WATERS?
Rising Waters is a three year initiative (2020-2023) emerging from the WATERS Collaborative, a long-term partnership between SSU and Sonoma Water.
Rising Waters deepens this collaboration by measuring its success in meaningfully improving water-related sustainability and resilience challenges of the North Bay.
It also broadens the collaboration to include partnerships with the Russian River Watershed Association and City of Santa Rosa and providing agencies, governments and organizations with:
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Viable solutions on emerging complex issues that cross jurisdictional boundaries
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Facilitated cross-disciplinary discussion
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Enhance public awareness of complex issues
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High-quality interns and graduates with real-world experience on issues of importance
STAKEHOLDER ORGANIZATIONS
OUR STEERING COMMITTEE
Our steering committee helps to make our project possible by providing their expertise to help guide our project goals and objectives.
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