Transcript Dominique Cartron presentation

Update on Water Planning in
Selected Western States
Presented by
Dominique Cartron
January 10, 2013
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States with State Water Plan
Washington
Montana
Oregon
Idaho
Wyoming
Nevada
Utah
Colorado
California
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arizona
Completed state water plan
No completed state water plan
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New Mexico
Texas
Updates
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Recent planning efforts
Funding
Integration of regional and state plans
Linkages between funding and water plans
Climate change
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Arizona
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Arizona
• No published state water plan.
• Five Active Management Areas (AMAs).
• AMAs include 80% of the population,
75% of the water use.
• Third Active Management Plan completed
2000-2010.
• Goal: Achieve safe yield by 2025.
• Fourth Active Management Plan underway.
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Arizona
• Project funding down since 2008, program
well staffed.
• Groundwater withdrawal fees fund Water
Management Assistance Program.
– Groundwater Users Advisory Council recommends
projects.
– Funds focused on conservation, recharge,
hydrologic studies.
• No specific climate change focus.
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Colorado Basin Planning
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Colorado
• No state water plan has been published.
• Statewide Water Supply Initiative (SWSI)
2003, 2010, 2016.
• Permanent water roundtables in eight river
basins and Denver metropolitan area (2005).
– Basin roundtables develop basin-wide needs
assessment → SWSI.
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Colorado
• Interbasin Compact Committee (2005).
• Annual budget for SWSI, Compact Committee
support, and basin-wide needs assessments:
$1.5M.
• Six permanent planning staff within Colorado
Water Conservation Board (CWCB).
• Water Supply Reserve Account ($10M) funds
projects to address basin needs.
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Colorado
• Only projects recommended by basin
roundtables are submitted to the CWCB.
• Other funding sources are not linked to basin
plans.
• Colorado Climate Action Plan completed in
2007.
• CWCB considering how to address climate
change in current water planning cycle.
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Oregon Integrated Water Resources Strategy
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Oregon Integrated Water Resource
Management Strategy
• Planning cycle 2009-2013, plan published in 2012
($1M).
• Two full-time staff with other agency staff
support.
• Governor’s budget request through 2015:
Up to $66M for planning and implementation.
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Oregon Integrated Water Resource
Management Strategy
• No organized regional water planning program,
but some areas are active.
• Active groups go to the Legislature to fund
specific projects.
• Major water infrastructure funding programs are
not tied to the IWRS.
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Oregon Integrated Water Resource
Management Strategy
• IWRS supports research efforts into ongoing
basin-level climate change.
• Recommends developing climate change
adaptation strategies.
• State works with communities to include climate
change in their planning.
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Texas Water Planning
• 2012 Texas State Water Plan
– Third plan based on regional water planning
• $16M for 2007-2012 planning cycle
• $3.5M annually for agency staff, technical
studies, and technical support to regions
• 20 permanent water planning staff
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Texas State Water Plan
• Projects receiving state funding or requiring
state water rights permit must be consistent
with the applicable regional water plan.
• No climate change focus.
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