Reclamation's Decision Process Guide
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Once you understand the context the problem is operating in, you can define and attack the problem. A variety of areas of needs and influences determine the problemshed: geographical, social, economic, cultural, biological, health care, hydrologic, etc. Ask:
Causes and problems can be widely scattered. For example, if salinity is causing the problem in a lower basin, the sources of salinity may be in an upper basin. Thus, the entire river basin becomes an area of influence or problemshed even though the upper basin isn't going to benefit directly from the solution. To determine a water quality issue's problemshed, for example, you might ask:
Thus, to look at the water quality issue, you have to interact with water supplies to users, pollution sources, economic parameters, downstream water flows, upstream land use and impacts, etc. Measuring indicators can help analyze a broad range of causes and effects.
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Dragon Tour Identify Problems <-------> Partners |
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