• WSWC Fall 2020 (194th) Meetings (held via webinar)

    The Fall 2020 (194th) Meetings were held as a virtual event October 13-15, 2020. Schedule of Meetings /Agenda Tuesday, October 13 Time (MDT)                     Meeting                           Adjournment 1:30 pm        Water Quality Committee  […]

  • WSWC Spring 2021 (195th) Meetings

    The WSWC Spring (195th) Meetings were hosted virtually by the State of Texas on March 23-25, 2021. MEETING BRIEFING MATERIALS for download (22MB) – WSWC Briefing Materials – Spring 2021 Meetings MINUTES Executive Committee Minutes_Virtual Spring Meeting – Mar 5, 2021 Water Resources Committee _Virtual_Spring Meeting – Mar 24, 2021 Water Quality Committee Minutes – […]

  • WSWC/ICWP/NWSA Washington, DC Roundtable (virtual)

    The Western States Water Council, as well as the Interstate Council on Water Policy and the National Water Supply Alliance co-hosted a joint Washington, DC Roundtable in the Spring of 2021.  The virtual event was held in two sessions on April 15 (noon to 3:30 p.m. Central) and April 16 (9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Central). […]

  • WSWC Summer 2021 (196th) Meetings

    The WSWC returned to in-person meetings in Summer 2021! The WSWC Summer (196th) Meetings were held in Cody, Wyoming on June 23-25, 2021. MEETING BRIEFING MATERIALS for download (40.6MB) – Briefing Materials – 196th WSWC Meetings – Cody, WY MINUTES Executive Committee Minutes – June 3, 2021 Water Resources Committee Minutes – June 23, 2021 […]

  • 2021 Symposium on the Settlement of Indian Reserved Water Rights Claims

    The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) and Western States Water Council (WSWC) cosponsored their 17th biennial Symposium on the Settlement of Indian Reserved Water Rights Claims on August 24-25, held virtually for the first time due to COVID-19 concerns. MEETING MATERIALS – for download To view a recording of the meetings please click here. PowerPoint […]

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  • WSWC Fall 2021 (197th) Meetings

    South Dakota hosted the WSWC Fall 2021 (197th) meetings in Deadwood, South Dakota on September 14 – 16, 2021.   MEETING BRIEFING MATERIALS – Briefing Materials _2021 Fall Meetings (197)_ Deadwood (24.4 MB) Tab J – Report Links: CAWA “Meeting Colorado’s Future Water Supply Needs” – September 2008 The Water Efficiency and Conservation State Scorecard-DRAFT-April-26-2012 MINUTES Executive […]

  • 2022 WSWC Spring (198th) Meetings and Washington Roundtable

    The WSWC Spring (198th) Meetings and Washington Roundtable will be held in Crystal City, Virginia on April 5-7, 2022.  This event is sponsored jointly by the Interstate Council on Water Policy (ICWP), the National Water Supply Alliance (NWSA), and the Western States Water Council (WSWC). WSWC Briefing Materials:  Spring 2022 WSWC (198th) Meeting Materials MINUTES: Executive […]

  • Workshop on Improving Sub-seasonal to Seasonal Precipitation Forecasting to Support Water Management

    The Western States Water Council and the California Department of Water Resources cosponsored a recurring workshop to continue a dialogue among western states, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the research community on improving sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) precipitation forecasting to support water management decision-making.  Improving precipitation forecasts at lead times longer than […]

  • Improving Snowmelt Runoff Forecasting

    The Western States Water Council and the California Department of Water Resources are cosponsoring a workshop on Improving Snowmelt Runoff Forecasting. Improving operational runoff forecasting to meet the needs of water managers and users is a challenge, particularly given limited agency budgets for observations, monitoring, research, development, and modeling. Climate change and variability seem to […]

  • WOTUS regional approach pre-workshop 1: Regional classification schemes

    Western States Water Council is hosting a series of workshops over the summer to further explore technical and policy elements of a regional approach to Waters of the United States (WOTUS) definitions. This first pre-workshop (virtual) will focus on regional classification schemes that could be applied to WOTUS determinations. A second pre-workshop (virtual) will be […]