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Note: The May 6 WRIS subcommittee meeting has been canceled
May 20-21
Meeting materials will be posted as they become available.
PREVIOUS MEETING MATERIALS
Final
Agenda
Environmental Science Technology Elk River Study USGS
DNRC Stream Gage Program Annual Review
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper Summary
Operation and Maintenance Costs for State Water Projects, DNRC
Water Policy Interim Committee, Water Court Punchlist Summary
Water Court, Water Right Adjudication Process
Guide to Water Distribution for Water Courts
Comprehensive Water Review Update Presentation, DNRC
WRIS, WRQS, Concerns and Priorities
Elk-Kootenai/y Watershed International Joint Commission Reference
Moore Creek Restoration Project Overview Presentation, DEQ
Stream Gage Program Annual Review
Stream Gage Network Presentation, DNRC
Water Rights Information System
Draft Agenda
Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC), WRIS, Legislative Audit Update
Final agenda (Jan. 10)
Administrative rule review (Legal Services Office, Jan. 2024)
State drought plan (DNRC, Jan. 2024)
Lead in Schools program (DEQ)
Western Montana Conservation Commission
Proposed narrative nutrient rule adoption, amendment and repeal (DEQ, Dec. 5, 2023)
Subcommittee on Water Rights Information System
Memo from presiding officer
DNRC presentation on WRIS (Oct. 2023)
Study of Water Storage
- Water Storage in Montana Governors Report (2023, Governors Office)
- Montana State Water Plan & Drought Plan Water Storage
Information Sheet (2023, DNRC)
- Update of 2023 Water Storage Report for WPIC Presentation Slides (2023, DNRC)
- Pages related to water storage from Montana State Water Plan (2015, DNRC)
Weather Modification Feasibility Study
- Cloud Seeing Feasibility Study in Southwest Montana
Report (2023, DNRC)
- Cloud Seeding Feasibility Study Presentation Slides (2023. DNRC)
- HJ40: Seeding clouds (2020, WPIC)
British Columbia and Water Quality in the Elk-Kootenay/ia watershed
- British Columbia environment ministry letter to Montana DEQ (Aug., 2023)
Update on SB 358: Repeal numeric nutrient standards for water quality (2021)
- Nutrient Work Group Draft Rule (Sept., 2023)
Administrative Rule Review
- Administrative Rule Report Memo (Oct 2023, WPIC)
- Draft rules for HB114 (DNRC)
Water Rights Adjudication Update
- Montana Water Court Report to the WPIC (Oct., 2023)
- History of exempt wells in Montana (Sept., 2023, DNRC)
Background Presentations for HB520
- Private fish pond licensing process (FWP)
- HB 520: Ponds Presentation Slides (2023, DNRC)
Policies Related to Water Commissioners
- Laws related to water commissioners (Montana Code Annotated)
Administrative Matters
- Detailed timeline of WPIC meetings (Oct., 2023)
Draft Work Plan
Draft Proposed Rules, Procedures and Guidelines for WPIC
Agency overviews
Legislative Audit: Data Quality in the Montana Water Rights Information System
- Performance Audit Report (LAD)
- July 24 presentation (LAD)
Water Rights Adjudication Update
Comprehensive Water Review
State Drought Plan
Update from Nutrient Work Group
- Nutrient Work Group - Department Environmental Quality (DEQ)
- Narrative Nutrient Standards Proposal (DEQ)
Administrative Rule Review
- Administrative Rules of Montana (ARM) Overview
- Rule Review Report July 2023
- Montana Administrative Procedure Act (MAPA) Timeline
Water Research
- Ground Water Assessment Program (Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology)
- Ground Water Investigation Program (MBMG)
