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Western States Water Council Water Resources Committee Minutes Sheridan, Wyoming October 5, 2006 . Dave: "The protocol's purpose would be to get others on the same page - federal agencies, locals, and others - with the states. Everyone's views are different. The focus might be on the programmatic aspect and dichotomy of views with the federal agencies." Weir: "We should include conservation under 2D or some place in the Needs and Strategies report." Sue: "We need to collect information on water conservation in agriculture and municipal and industrial uses." Jim: "The discussion gets to the rate of use. There are different measuring sticks. We need to work on normalized definitions and rates of use. There is no uniform computation." Jeanine: "Another thought, we could focus on the three federal agencies and their requirements for water conservation plans -' Reclamation, NRCS and EPA. They don't consider how states look at the world. The Central Valley Project (CVP) and state require plans. We might inventory federal partners and their requirements, and whether or not they are tied to state requirements." EVOLVING TECHNOLOGIES & EMERGING ISSUES WORKSHOP Tony Willardson distributed the draft agenda and solicited suggestions for additional speakers. The meeting will be held in Irvine, California on November 15-17th. The proceedings will be used to identify . and quantify the role of various technologies in future water resources management, together with opportunities and challenges to realizing their potential. WSWC WATER INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (WIMS) WORKSHOP REPORT Tony stated that the Water Information Management Systems Workshop is a technical meeting, but has been well-attended and has been found very useful. The Committee has had this item on the work plan on an annual basis. The last meeting was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico and focused on water supply planning, data needs, and related issues. NATIONAL DAM SAFETY PROGRAM ACT OF 2006 (H.R. 4981) Tony Willardson reported that the legislation had passed. Information about the bill, as well as Ii copy of the "Dam Safety Act of 2006," can be found under Tab 0 in the briefing book. The was some discussion about program issues. Michael Bratlien of the Corps mentioned the lowering of reservoirs due to safety issues, and the resulting loss of storage capacity. DRAFT 2007 COMMITTEE WORK PLAN Phil Ward presented the draft work plan to the Committee as set forth under Tab H in the briefing book. There was a motion and second to approve the draft work plan, and the motion was adopted. . 18