Goals: Ecosystem Services

Ecosystem Services and Function Goals define long-term and short-term goals for maintenance or restoration of the freshwater ecosystems serving as water supply sources in order to achieve the goals for water security defined above. This will require evaluating relationships between ecosystem benefits, services, and functions.

Examples

The following bullets are examples that were set in 2017.

Long-term goals

  • 50% reduction of sediment loading occurring during annual storm events by 2040
  • 20% increase in base-flow during dry season by 2040
  • No decrease in base-flow during dry season through 2040

Short-term goals

  • 5% reduction sediment loading occurring during annual storm events by 2022
  • 5% increase in riparian forest extent by 2022