{
  "title": "Preparedness Plan by Phase",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "asOf": "2026-02-22",
  "classification": "program plan",
  "phases": [
    {
      "window": "0-5 years",
      "objective": "De-risk and prove performance",
      "actions": [
        "Permitting, hydrogeology baselining, and pilot wellfields in highest-stress basins",
        "Install continuous monitoring (water levels, quality, downstream flow constraints)",
        "Execute first utility/ag contracts and drought-option offtake templates"
      ],
      "capitalShare": "~15% of total program CAPEX",
      "evidenceType": "measured + pilot performance"
    },
    {
      "window": "5-12 years",
      "objective": "Scale regional networks",
      "actions": [
        "Expand capture-treatment-injection clusters across priority corridors",
        "Connect municipal + agricultural demand nodes for recovery dispatch",
        "Standardize operations to reduce unit OPEX and improve reliability"
      ],
      "capitalShare": "~55% of total program CAPEX",
      "evidenceType": "measured operations + modeled optimization"
    },
    {
      "window": "12-25 years",
      "objective": "Harden national resilience",
      "actions": [
        "Build inter-basin redundancy and long-duration strategic reserves",
        "Refresh aging assets and optimize for climate non-stationarity",
        "Institutionalize drought-insurance contracts and emergency dispatch protocols"
      ],
      "capitalShare": "~30% of total program CAPEX",
      "evidenceType": "measured outcomes + stress-test scenarios"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "/research/scenario-roi-assumptions.md",
    "https://www.usgs.gov/mission-areas/water-resources/science/groundwater-decline-and-depletion"
  ]
}