[Scorecard] how are we doing?

[Rainer Hoenicke]

Hi, all -

Those two questions are key, and I think we can answer them.  The  
Water Self-Reliance indicator, when teased apart (right now, it has  
two "metrics" in it - even though they really are "indicators" in and  
of themselves), shows what proportion of the water that's used by  
people comes from the watershed.

The numbers Lisa put together in terms of AFAs coming down from the  
sky, ending up in groundwater, estimated for evapotranspiration, and  
showing up as flow might easily be put together with Peter's water  
use data.

Rainer

On Oct 17, 2008, at 4:56 PM, Caitlin Cornwall wrote:

> Peter and I were just talking, and we found that we were both not  
> sure that our evolving scorecard will convey an answer to the  
> question of how well the watershed is doing in providing water for  
> human and ecosystem uses. Are the indexes arranged properly to  
> convey that answer? What do you think?
>
> Here are a couple of very basic info-bits that our scorecard could  
> convey:
> What proportion of the water that falls on the watershed is used by  
> people (vs runoff, ET, gwtr recharge)? Reported as a pie chart,  
> including slices for major land use categories. Info for Sonoma is  
> in gwtr mgt plan.
> What proportion of the water that’s used by people comes from the  
> watershed? Reported as a percentage.
>
> Where in the scorecard do these facts belong?
>
> Do we have a way to track volatility in weather? That is, not  
> dryness or wetness as we’ve discussed conveying in a row above our  
> indexes on the scorecard, but an indicator of expected increases in  
> frequency of droughts, storms, and floods.
>
> Any thoughts?
> Caitlin
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