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Last revised: Oct, 16, 2019

The Water Supply Availability Committee (WSAC) is a group of experts from state and federal agencies who evaluate statewide water supply conditions. We regularly convene this group. Findings from their meetings can be found on the statewide conditions page.

WSAC's membership includes representatives from:

• Department of Ecology
• Office of Washington State Climatologist
• U.S. Geological Survey
• National Weather Service
• Natural Resources Conservation Service
• U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Bonneville Power Administration

If conditions warrant, this committee can convene the Executive Water Emergency Committee (EWEC), which is made of state agency leaders with a stake in water supplies. These leaders assess findings from WSAC and can recommend the governor consider an drought advisory or an emergency drought declaration.

2019 Meetings

October 17

• Agenda
• Meeting materials:
  • Ecology
  • NRCS
  • OWSC
  • NWS
  • USGS
  • USBR

August 9

• Agenda
• Meeting materials:
  • Ecology
  • NRCS
  • OWSC
  • NWS
  • USGS
  • USBR

June 7

• Agenda
• Meeting materials:
• • Ecology
  • NRCS
  • OWSC
  • NWS
  • USGS
  • USBR

May 9

• Agenda
• Meeting materials:
  • Ecology
  • NRCS
  • OWSC
  • NWS
  • USGS

Apr. 12

• Agenda
• April 2019 Report and Outlook - newsletter
• Meeting materials:
  • Ecology
  • NRCS
  • OWSC
  • NWS
  • USGS
  • BOR

Mar. 8

• Agenda
• Meeting materials:
  • Ecology
  • NRCS
  • OWSC
  • NWS
  • USGS
  • BOR

Feb. 15

• Agenda
• Meeting materials
  • Ecology
  • NRCS
  • OWSC
  • NWS
  • USGS

Jan. 18

• Agenda
• Meeting materials

2018 Meetings

Dec. 7

• Agenda
• Meeting materials:
  • Welcome - Ecology
  • Regional climate perspective - OWSC
  • River Forecasts - NWS
  • Current streamflow and groundwater conditions - USGS

Sept. 27

• Agenda

Aug. 10

• Agenda
• Meeting summary
• Meeting materials:
  • Welcome and framework - Ecology
  • Regional climate perspective - OWSC
  • Current streamflow and groundwater conditions - USGS

Jun. 29

• Agenda
• Meeting summary
• Meeting materials:
  • Regional climate perspective - OWSC
  • River Forecasts - NWS
  • Current streamflow and groundwater conditions - USGS

Apr. 6

• Agenda

Mar. 8

No March meeting

• Full water supply expected according to first Bureau of Reclamation forecast - March forecast

Feb. 2

• Agenda
• Meeting summary
• Meeting Materials:
  • New law in response to the "Hirst decision"

We maintain an archive of past meetings back to February 2014. If you are interested in past meeting information contact Chris Anderson.

Contacts

Jeff Marti
Drought Coordinator, Water Resources Program
jeff.marti@ecy.wa.gov
360-407-6627

Chris Anderson
Web Coordinator, Water Resources Program
chris.anderson@ecy.wa.gov
360-407-6634