As a resident of Crystal Cove, you play a key role in helping maintain offshore water quality. As you'll discover as you read the following pages, doing so requires a series of simple, ongoing steps, from not over-irrigating your yard to regularly checking your vehicle for oil leaks.

Maintaining offshore water quality requires a comprehensive series of measures that are being carried out through three main approaches. Though separate, all three were developed to work together to maintain water quality in the Area of Special Biological Significance. The three approaches are discussed in more detail on the following pages. They are:

	Innovative water-management systems that have been put in place by the community's master-planner, Irvine Community Development Company.
	Steps that you and your neighbors are being asked to take.
	Ongoing inspection and maintenance of the community's water-management infrastructure. Your homeowners' association takes the lead in this effort.