On April 2, 2024, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) released the California Water Plan Update 2023 (CWP 2023 Update). DWR’s press release dubs the plan “A Roadmap to.
The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, chaired by U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), will convene a hearing entitled “Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure in Tribal Communities” on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. EDT. Testimony will be heard from tribal water experts and stakeholders on a range of water-related challenges for tribes in the United States, including a lack of access to infrastructure, deferred maintenance of existing infrastructure, inadequate water quality, a shortage of operations and maintenance funding, emerging contaminants, technical assistance concerns, tribal operator certification issues, and work.
The money will ensure that tribes—including Montana s Blackfeet Nation, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, and Crow Nation—get access to water they ve been promised but have been unable to use.