Policy Statements

• Protecting ground water quality (October 7, 2011) - #337

• Supporting negotiated settlements of Indian water rights disputes (October 7, 2011) - #336

• Recommending policy changes at the federal level in expediting state general stream adjudications (October 7, 2011) - #335

• Supporting the Water Resources Research Institutes (requesting Congress to reauthorize and appropriate funds for the WRRI program) July 29, 2011) - #334

• Regarding the Reclamation Fund (asks Congress to fully use the fund for authorized water projects and programs in the West) (July 29, 2011) - #333

• Supporting Federal Research and Development of Updated Hydroclimate Guidance for Extreme Meteorological Events (July 29, 2011) - #332

• Opposing Preemption of State Water Law in Federal Legislation (July 29, 2011) - #331

• Regarding the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (Apr 15, 2011) - #330

• Regarding the National Levee Safety Act of 2007 and the Interpretation of Levees and Water Supply Canals (Apr 15, 2011) - #329

• Regarding pesticide applications and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Discharge permits (December 14, 2010) - #328

• Supporting legislation requiring the federal government to pay state filing fees in state general stream adjudications (October 29, 2010) - #327

• Addressing implementation of the SECURE Water Act and to express concern that many of the authoirzed programs and activities, including USGS federal streamgaging activities, remain unfunded or underfunded (October 29, 2010) - #326

• Urging the Administration and NASA to enhance the agency's focus areas on research for water resources applications and to promote long term engagement with the Council, state and regional agencies in the western U.S. responsible for water management and policy (October 29, 2010) - #325

• Urging the Administration and Congress to support Department of Energy hosted energy-water and other collaboartive water programs conducted at national laboratories (July 23, 2010) - #324

• Modifying Position #319 to call for a "shared vision on water planning and policy" instead of a "national water policy vision." (July 23, 2010) - #323

• Suppporting Implementation of the Rural Water Supply Act of 2006 (March 23, 2010) - #322

• Supporting Funding for Federal Programs to Study the Water Resources-related Impacts of Climate Variability and Change (March 23, 2010) - #321

• Regarding federal water and climate data collection and analysis programs (October 16, 2009) - #320

• Describing the principles that are important to the Western states in considering a "national vision" for water policy (August 13, 2009) - #319

• Offering general comments to CEQ on the Principles and Guildines (July 17, 2009) - #318

• Suppporting the Bureau of Reclamation's Field Services Program (July 17, 2009) - #317

• Supporting EPA's current water transfers rule (July 17, 2009) - #316

• Letter to House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leaders raising concerns regarding a draft bill entitled the Sustainable Watershed Planning Act (July 17, 2009) - #315

• Supporting development and enactment of federal legislation that would authorize and fund applied research and improvements to water resources management planning capabilities to assist water agencies in adapting to climate change and variability (April 24, 2009) - #314

• Pertaining to the National Water Research and Development Initiative Act (H.R. 1145) (April 24, 2009) - #313

• Supporting the objective of S. 531 (The Energy and Water Integration Act of 2009) (April 24, 2009) - #312