Countless endeavors focus on the importance of building the
right team and doing so in recognition of the team members'
combined strengths. And key to building a team is whether members
can mesh their collective talents together to help achieve a
clearly identified team goal. In the arena of water supply
planning, choosing the right team is every bit as important.
Certain challenges demand the right combination of talent and
expertise, as water suppliers face regulatory hurdles, political
pressures, permitting obligations, protestants seeking to derail a
project, all sometimes accompanied by daunting technical issues.
Our first water supply planning tools article focused on water
supply challenges that may be identified through completion of a
water audit, and the opportunities that audits may afford water
suppliers. In this article, we outline the importance of developing
a team to address known water supply challenges, the means to
develop such a team, and the
