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  • 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 […]

  • WOTUS regional approach pre-workshop 2: Operationalizing regional concepts in western states

    The Western States Water Council hosted 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 was the second workshop held. This workshop focused on the operational aspects of regional approaches to WOTUS.  It followed the first pre-workshop […]

  • 2022 Summer (199th) Meetings

    2022 WSWC Summer Meetings – Polson, MT – KwaTaqNuk Resort-Casino The WSWC Summer (199th) Meetings were held in Polson, Montana on August 2-5, 2022.  Polson is located about an hour north of Missoula or an hour south of Kalispell. MEETING BRIEFING MATERIALS – Briefing Materials for the 199th Western States Water Council Meetings MINUTES: Water […]

  • WOTUS regional concept policy workshop: WSWC summer meeting

    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 WOTUS. This full day workshop will build on two virtual technical pre-workshops that will occur on June 21, 2022 and July 11, 2022. This final workshop will integrate technical recommendations […]

  • State Engineer Persona Workshop: Western States Water Data Access and Analysis Tool (WestDAAT)

    In conjunction with the WSWC Summer Meetings in Polson, Montana, on Wednesday morning, August 3, from 8:30-10:45 am, WaDE staff invited WSWC members, particularly state engineers and other state water rights administrators, to participate in a demonstration and feedback workshop on our Western States Water Data Access and Analysis Tool (WestDAAT).  Virtual participation will also be […]

  • The 2022 National Water Use Data Workshop, Salt Lake City UT

    The 2022 National Water Use Data Workshop in collaboration between the Western States Water Council Water Information Management Systems (WIMS) Group, U.S. Geological Survey, Interstate Council on Water Policy, and Internet of Water, was held on August 16-18, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Workshop Goals • Provide a platform for state agencies’ staff to learn […]

  • WOTUS regional policy workshop follow-up discussion

    Western States Water Council hosted a series of workshops over the summer to further explore technical and policy elements of a regional approach to WOTUS. This two hour discussion is a follow-up to the full day policy workshop that was hosted in Polson, Montana on August 2. States requested this follow-up discussion to provide time […]

  • 2022 WSWC Fall (200th) Meetings

    The WSWC Fall (200th) Meetings will be held in Sulphur, Oklahoma on October 19-21, 2022 at the Artesian Hotel, Casino & Spa.  Sulphur is located about 85 miles southeast of Oklahoma City. MEETING BRIEFING MATERIALS – Briefing Materials for the 200th Western States Water Council Meetings MINUTES: Water Resources Committee Minutes – October 20, 2022 […]