Issue #2422
Issue #2422
Western States Water Council All Posts
Covering all of our Activities
#458 – Outlining Actions Federal Agencies Should Take to Expedite State General Stream Adjudications
Position #458 – October 15, 2020 WHEREAS, the western states use general stream adjudications to determine and document relative water rights within basins, including rights to waters claimed by the United States under either state or federal law; and WHEREAS,...
#457 – Supporting the Dividing the Waters Program for Judges (Past Position, see #467)
Position #457 - October 15, 2020 WHEREAS, the Dividing the Waters Program of the National Judicial College has served western judges overseeing complex water litigation for more than 20 years, providing information and training resources on water law and water...
#456 – Protecting Groundwater Quality
Position #456 – October 15, 2020 WHEREAS, ground water is a critically important natural resource, especially in the mostly arid West; and WHEREAS, ground water management – the protection of its quality and its orderly, rational allocation and withdrawal for...
#455 – Supporting USDA Conservation Programs and Water Resources
Position #455 – October 15, 2020 WHEREAS, water is the lifeblood of the West and this is most apparent in the agricultural sector, which accounts for the predominant share of consumptive water use westwide; and WHEREAS, agriculture sustains many rural economies and...