On October 8, the WSWC sent a letter congratulating the Army Corps of Engineers and Sonoma Water on the successful completion of a pilot project, integrating Forecast-Information Reservoir Operations (FIRO) into an updated Water Control Manual for Coyote Valley Dam...
On July 7, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established a public docket (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2025-0272) on Implementation Challenges Associated with Clean Water Act (CWA) §401. The docket initiated a series of stakeholder listening sessions and...
On September 7, 2025, WSWC sent a letter to EPA to engage in the federalism consultation triggered by the establishment of the public docket on Implementation Challenges Associated with Clean Water Act (CWA) §401. WSWC referenced the policies in Position #521,...
On April 4, 2025 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers initiated a federalism consultation, under the terms of Executive Order 13132 ("Federalism"), for a the agencies' intent to create a lasting definition of "waters of the United...
On April 23, 2025, the comment period closed for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineer's request for feedback on implementation of the definition of “waters of the United States" (WOTUS) in light of the Supreme Court's 2023 decision in...
On March 5, the WSWC sent a letter to the leadership of the House Committee on Natural Resources in support of Rep. Stansbury’s WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act (H.R. 635). The bill would authorize the Secretary of the Interior, as needed, to reduce or waive...