The San Antonio Region is home to a rapidly growing population with developing energy and agricultural sectors competing for water, land, and financial resources. Despite the tight interconnectedness between water, energy, and food challenges, little is known about the levels of communication and coordination among the various officials responsible for making the decisions that affect the management and planning of the three resource systems. It has been postulated that efficient communication is a prerequisite to developing resource allocation strategies that avoid potential unintended negative consequences that could result from inefficient allocation of natural resources and competing demands. Factors that may impact communication are identified and their potential roles are considered in improving existing levels of communication between San Antonio's water officials and those at other energy, food, and water institutions in the San Antonio Region. A questionnaire designed to gather information on stakeholder concerns, frequency of communication, and participation in engagement forums was sent to public water officials in the Region. Using social network analysis and bivariate Ordinary Least Square regression analysis, the authors conclude that while modest levels of communication exist among water institutions, a very low level of communication exists between water institutions and those responsible for food and energy. It was further concluded that the frequency of communication among officials at different water institutions is higher among those that participated in stakeholder engagement activities. However, there is insufficient evidence to suggest that participation in stakeholder engagement activities improves communication frequency between water stakeholders and those in the food and energy sectors. There is also insufficient evidence to conclude that people at water institutions in San Antonio would have a higher frequency of communication with other water, energy, and food stakeholder in correlation with a higher level of concern about future water availability in the Region.

圣安东尼奥地区是人口快速增长的家园，能源和农业部门的发展争夺水，土地和金融资源。尽管水，能源和粮食挑战之间存在紧密的相互联系，但对于负责制定影响三个资源系统的管理和规划的决策的各个官员之间的沟通和协调水平知之甚少。据推测，有效的沟通是制定资源分配战略的先决条件，这种战略应避免自然资源分配不当和竞争需求可能导致的意料之外的负面后果。确定了可能影响交流的因素，并考虑了它们的潜在作用，以提高圣安东尼奥市水务官员与圣安东尼奥地区其他能源，食品和水务机构的官员之间的现有沟通水平。一份旨在收集有关利益相关方关注，沟通频率和参与参与论坛信息的问卷已发送给该地区的公共水利官员。使用社交网络分析和二元普通最小二乘回归分析作者得出结论，尽管水机构之间存在适度的沟通水平，但水机构与负责粮食和能源的机构之间的沟通水平却很低。进一步得出结论，参加利益相关者参与活动的官员中，不同水机构官员之间的交流频率更高。但是，没有足够的证据表明参与利益相关者参与活动可以改善水利益相关者与食品和能源部门利益相关者之间的沟通频率。也没有足够的证据得出结论，圣安东尼奥水务机构的人们与其他水，能源和食品利益相关者的交流频率会更高，并且对未来的关注程度也会更高该地区的可用水量。