Contact Person: David W. Gibson Address:
5530 Kiowa Drive, La Mesa, CA 91942
Telephone Number/Fax Number: (voice) 619-668-3249 (fax) 619-668-3250
E-mail/Web Page Address: dwg@sdcity.sannet.gov

Purpose/Interests of Organization:
Municipal drinking water department watershed management and source water protection.

Authority for Organization if part of a governmental process (Federal, State or Local regulation).
Federal and State Regulation

Please list the Top Five Watershed Issues that you would like to see resolved.
1.  Interagency and tribal cooperation in local watershed management
2.  Buffer areas for source water streams, rivers, and reservoirs
3.  Overgrazing of livestock on public and private lands
4.  Transition of backcountry watersheds from agricultural to urban uses. Public education on the importance of watershed/source water protection.

Please list contributions that your organization could make to the Watershed program, challenges you are facing, lessons learned, remaining questions, special accomplishments.
The City of San Diego Water Dept. is implementing a water quality monitoring program in nine local watersheds. Our program incorporates the EPA Rapid Bioassessment Protecol for Rivers and Streams as a core monitoring and assessment tool. THe most important lesson learned is that interagency cooperation and communication is essenteial.

Do you have display materials you could make available at meetings?   No.