On May 13, WSWC joined more than 70 organizations and signed a letter to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Natural Resources, calling on Congress to establish a near-term drought mitigation program with at least $2B in...
On April 22, the WSWC sent a letter to the leadership of the House Committee on Agriculture in support of the prompt reauthorization of the 2026 Farm Bill, which contains several key provisions for water conservation, water quality improvement, water supply...
On March 31, 2026, the WSWC signed onto a letter of support to urge continued bipartisan support for the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) work with the OpenET Consortium and to request $5 million of funding within the USGS Water Availability and Use Science Program for...
On March 16, a coalition of water managers, utilities, states, local governments, and water associations–including WSWC, and the Interstate Council on Water Policy (ICWP)–sent a letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee leadership, requesting adequate...
On February 17, the WSWC submitted comments on the proposed rule, “Updating the Water Quality Certification Regulations,” urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to respect state primacy and cooperative federalism in implementing §401 of the Clean Water Act...
On January 5, WSWC submitted a comment on the proposed rule updating the definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS)(90 FR 52498). WSWC expressed appreciation for the nuanced questions included in the preamble, emphasizing the importance of states’ perspectives...