H2-OWOW! – A Reflective Conversation with John Goodin, Former Director of EPA’s Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds – Reflections on Water Podcast
Innovation in Iowa: Talking About the Future of Watershed Management With Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig - Reflections on Water Podcast
New rules issued by MassDEP offer Cape Codders a choice for controlling nitrogen pollution. The problem is well-understood. When too much discharged nitrogen reaches coastal waters, excess plant and algae growth replaces...more
Arizona’s water supplies have been front page news for months. Both local and national media have reported on increasingly serious shortages on the Colorado River and the inability of the states that rely on the River to...more
On January 10, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom announced his $297 billion budget proposal for 2023-2024, which includes a $22.5 billion budget deficit. Despite environmental/climate change programs facing $6 billion in cuts,...more
John Goodin takes a break from his recent retirement to share invaluable insights with Dave and Anna from his 32-year career in EPA’s Office of Water. John talks about the long-running “waters of the United States”...more
The City of Austin has become a battleground for progressive initiatives. On June 9, the City Council approved a resolution directed at water quality, flooding, and environmental justice. Surprisingly, these laudable...more
On March 21, 2022, the State Water Resources Control Board (“State Water Board” or “Board”) issued a letter to approximately 20,000 water rights holders warning them curtailment orders are imminent due to continued drought...more
Developments in water law and policy are highly relevant to our way of life. Drawing from their wealth of experience as defense attorneys, prosecutors, policy makers, and most recently having run the Office of Water at the...more
The Illinois River Watershed Partnership (“IRWP”) released a September 2021 report on what it describes as a: ...multi-year study on streambank erosion in the Illinois River Watershed... The report is titled: ...more
The State Water Resources Control Board (“State Water Board”) issued emergency regulations on August 3, 2021, authorizing Board staff to curtail diversions and require informational reporting from water users in the...more
The Illinois River Watershed Partnership (“IRWP”) is continuing its Online Learning Center. IRWP states that Week 3 will address: Commercial Low Impact Development - Rotational Grazing - ...more
Joint Plan Aims to Meet Rising Water Demands - A new National Water Reuse Action Plan focuses on water reuse practices aimed at strengthening water security, sustainability and resilience for both rural and urban...more
Ozarks Water Watch (“OWW”) issued its annual report (“Report”) summarizing water quality in the Upper White River Basin. Data from the Report is a result of volunteer efforts which is described as: . . . more than 3,400...more
The longest-running (and, for most of its history, the only) water adjudication in Washington State has come to an end. On May 9, 2019, Yakima Superior Court Judge James F. Gavin entered the Final Decree in Department of...more
The Environmental Council of the States (“ECOS”) issued what it describes as a “Green Report” titled: Clean Water State Revolving Fund – A Flexible Tool for Advancing Clean Water (“Report”) - The Report is authored...more
The Arkansas Water Resources Center (“AWRC”) announced the dates for its annual Water Conference (“Conference”). The Conference will be held July 30 and 31 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. AWRC states that the conference...more
On January 14, 2019, the President signed the Water Infrastructure Improvement Act (H.R. 7279), granting municipalities new statutory tools to affordably confront expensive infrastructure challenges using Integrated Planning....more
The states of Arkansas and Oklahoma announced on November 14th the execution of a document titled: Memorandum of Agreement by and Between the Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment, the Oklahoma Secretary of...more
Last week, a colleague and I went on a field trip hosted by the Portland Water Bureau to the Bull Run Watershed, which is the primary water supply for the City of Portland and its multiple wholesale customers (including the...more
The American Water Works Association (“AWWA”) published a July 18th guide for water utilities titled: USDA Tools to Support Source Water Protection (“Guide”) ...more
Ozarks Water Watch released its annual report summarizing water quality (2017) in the Upper White River basin. The document is titled: Status of the Watershed 2018 (“Report”)...more
The Northeast-Midwest Institute issued a report titled: Source Water Quality and the Cost of Nitrate Treatment in the Mississippi River Basin (Report) ...more
The Arkansas Water Resources Center (“Center”) will hold its annual water conference on July 23-24 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The theme of the conference is: The Value of Water ...more
The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission (“ANRC”) issued a 622-page draft document titled: Buffalo River Watershed-Based Management Plan (“Management Plan”) ...more
On July 27, 2015, the US Department of the Interior, through its Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), proposed to revise regulations adopted under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of...more
Most Californians are well aware of the restrictions currently being placed on water use throughout the state. The ongoing drought and dwindling water supplies in California are dramatically affecting those with rights to...more