DAC Outreach

The CVRWMG hosts and coordinates with various Disadvantaged Community (DAC) outreach programs. Outreach efforts aim to encourage DAC participation in water resource planning in the Coachella Valley region.

DAC Infrastructure Task Force

The mission of the CVWD Disadvantaged Communities Infrastructure (DACI) Task Force is to secure access to safe affordable drinking water, wastewater and flood control services in historically disadvantaged Coachella Valley regions through strategic planning, funding procurement, needs assessment, and reporting – all in collaboration with community members and stakeholders.

One of many short-term goals include coordinating activities such as securing funding for DAC infrastructure projects and needs, coordinating the implementation of DAC infrastructure projects; providing training and education to DAC stakeholders; and coordinating with parallel related strategic planning and development efforts, such as the Coachella Valley IRWM Program.

Visit the DACI Task Force Website to learn more.

DAC Outreach Demonstration Program

The CVRWMG completed a DAC Outreach Demonstration Program for the Coachella Valley IRWM Region. This program was developed concurrently with the 2014 IRWM Plan and incorporated as Volume II of the plan.

The DAC Program methods included expanded outreach efforts, the development and use of mapping data to characterize smaller DAC areas and flood control needs within DAC areas, a needs assessment for DACs in the Region, identification of existing or proposed projects intended to benefit DACs, development of engineering and project management plans for priority DAC projects, and work items to ensure that information and outcomes from the DAC Program are included within the Coachella Valley IRWM Plan Update. The information and outcomes of the DAC Outreach Program have been incorporated into the IRWM Plan as Volume II. The Coachella Valley DAC Outreach Program, along with four others, are used as examples to inform DWR’s statewide DAC program.

Project Documents

DAC Outreach Program Report
Workplan
Contact Update Form
DAC Library