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 […]
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 […]
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 – […]
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). […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]