Sep 26, 2023 | Resolutions
Position #507 – Outlining Actions Federal Agencies Should Take to Expedite State General Stream Adjudications WHEREAS, the western states use general stream adjudications to determine and document relative water rights within basins, including rights to waters...
Sep 26, 2023 | Resolutions
Position #506 – Asserting State Primacy on Protecting Ground Water Quality WHEREAS, groundwater is a critically important natural resource, especially in the mostly arid West; and WHEREAS, groundwater management – the protection of its quality and its orderly,...
Sep 26, 2023 | Resolutions
Position #505 – Supporting USDA Conservation Programs and Water Resources 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,...
Sep 26, 2023 | Resolutions
Position #504 – Indian Water Rights Settlements WHEREAS, the Western States Water Council, an instrumentality of eighteen western states advising Western Governors on water policy, has consistently supported negotiated settlement of disputed Indian water rights...
Sep 22, 2023 | Newsletters
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