• 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 Bureau of Reclamation’s Prize Competitions Program

    In this WestFAST hosted webinar, participants heard more about the Prize Competitions Program, including an introduction Prize Competitions, an overview of the Program’s portfolio of activities, and a summary of the Program’s outcomes.  For the Bureau of Reclamation’s PowerPoint click here.

  • Salinity in the Western United States

    This WestFAST hosted webinar brought together salinity experts who shared their knowledge and experiences addressing salinity in the western United States.  For WestFAST’s PowerPoint click here.  

  • M4: Next Generation AI-Based NRCS Water Supply Forecasting System

    The US Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has monitored snowpack and issued seasonal water supply forecasts (WSFs) for close to 100 years. Today, NRCS operates the SNOTEL network and the largest stand-alone operational WSF system in the American West. Here, we introduce the next generation of this WSF system. The resulting prediction […]

  • The Reclamation Fund

    The Reclamation Fund Wednesday, February 17, 2021, at 10:00 AM MST The Reclamation Fund was created through The Reclamation Act of 1902. The fund was originally designed to support irrigation projects in the western United States, and its funding came primarily from the sale of federal land and timber. Over the years, Congress explored new […]

  • The Southwest Oklahoma Water Supply Action Plan

    Wednesday, March 17, 2021, at 10:00 AM MST The goal of the Southwest Oklahoma Water Supply Action Plan (SWAP) is to bring the communities in the region together to work collectively toward securing the future of the region for decades to come. SWAP identifies steps to be taken to move Southwest Oklahoma forward in the […]

  • 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). […]

  • Crop Condition and Soil Moisture Analytics (Crop-CASMA) System for Agriculture

    Soil moisture is a very important parameter in determining agricultural yield and productivity. The tool, Crop Condition and Soil Moisture Analytics (Crop-CASMA), provides access to high-resolution data from NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument in a user-friendly format. Soil moisture data are critical for professionals in […]