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Water Use Advisory Council
Water Use Advisory Council
The Water Use Advisory Council (WUAC) is established under Part 328 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act to study and make recommendations to the Quality of Life (QOL) agencies (EGLE, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development) on Michigan's Water Use Program, which includes the following major elements:
- Water conservation and efficiency goals, objectives and voluntary measures
- Technical underpinnings of the process, tools, data, assumptions and decision end-points used to determine whether proposed water withdrawals can be authorized
- Technical and compliance assistance
- Methods and tools to assist water users in resolving and preventing conflicts
- Environmental monitoring to identify and help reconcile potential discrepancies between the program's decision making and data management protocols and the real world impacts of withdrawals
- New and emerging water use categories
- Outcomes and metrics for determining the program success
Water Use Advisory Council meetings are open to the public. Prior meeting materials and recordings are available below and upon request.
The Council has a diverse membership appointed by each of the Governor, the Senate Majority Leader, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Director of EGLE. The appointees represent Tribal Nations and the following interests and industries: business and manufacturing, public utilities, angling, agriculture, well drilling, local units of government, agricultural and non-agricultural irrigation, wetlands conservation, municipal water supplies, conservation, riparian landownership, professional hydrogeologists, the aggregate industry, environmental organizations, and local watershed councils.
Workgroup Meeting Materials
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Data Collection Committee
Upcoming Meetings
For information and upcoming meeting schedule please contact Megan Tinsley at megan@environmentalcouncil.org or Bryan Burroughs at bryanburroughs@michigantu.org
Materials
- Aquifer Test Guidance Comments
- Data collection recommendation - standards and protocols
- New data acquisition recommendation
- Inland lake and wetland adverse resource impact assessment
- Well record completion and WWAT registration training recommendation
- Michigan Integrated Water Management Database recommendation
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Implementation Strategies Committee
Upcoming Meetings
For information and upcoming meeting schedule please contact Doug Needham at dneedham@miagg.org or Laura Campbell at lcampbe@michfb.com
Materials
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Models Committee
Upcoming Meetings
For information and upcoming meeting schedule please contact Dave Hamilton at dhamiltonnc@gmail.com
Meeting recordings
May 22, 2023 Models Committee meeting
Materials
- Committee Topics - New for 2021
- Process to Update the Water Withdrawal Assessment Tool and Process
- WWAT enhancement - display existing registration information workplan
- WWAT enhancement recommendation - improving aquifer properties
- WWAT enhancement recommendation - evaluate models for incorporation into WWAT
- Proposal to create Michigan Hydrologic Framework
August 26, 2020 Cass County Pilot Study discussion
- Cass County Pilot Project Summary - Tritium, Inc.
- Cass County Pilot Project - EGLE and USGS comments
Cumulative Downstream Depletion Tracking subcommittee
- N/A
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New Topics Committee
Upcoming Meetings
For information and upcoming meeting schedule please contact Pat Staskiewicz at PStaskiewicz@ottawacorc.com or Jason Walther at jwalther@waltherfarms.com
Materials
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Water Conservation and Efficiency Committee
Upcoming Meetings
For information and upcoming meeting schedule please contact Kelly Turner at Kelly@MIpotato.com or Emily Finnell at FinnellE@Michigan.gov
Materials
Meeting Materials
All meetings are open to the public. Individuals needing language assistance or accommodations for effective participation at the meeting should contact Jim Milne at 517-285-3253 or MilneJ@Michigan.gov to request language, mobility, visual, hearing, translation, and/or other assistance.
EGLE does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, age, national origin, color, marital status, disability, political beliefs, height, weight, genetic information, or sexual orientation in the administration of any of its programs or activities, and prohibits intimidation and retaliation, as required by applicable laws and regulations.
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2024
September 10, 2024
This meeting was held in-person as well as a simultaneous online format using Microsoft Teams. All meetings are open to the public.
August 13, 2024
This meeting was held in-person as well as a simultaneous online format using Microsoft Teams. All meetings are open to the public.
June 11, 2024
This meeting was held in-person as well as a simultaneous online format using Microsoft Teams. All meetings are open to the public.
April 09, 2024
This meeting was held in-person as well as a simultaneous online format using Microsoft Teams. All meetings are open to the public.
February 13, 2024
This meeting was held in-person as well as a simultaneous online format using Microsoft Teams. All meetings are open to the public.
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2023
December 12, 2023
This meeting was held in-person as well as a simultaneous online format using Microsoft Teams. All meetings are open to the public.
October 10, 2023
This meeting was held in-person as well as a simultaneous online format using Microsoft Teams. All meetings are open to the public.
August 8, 2023
This meeting was held in-person as well as a simultaneous online format using Microsoft Teams. All meetings are open to the public.
June 13, 2023
This meeting was held in-person as well as a simultaneous online format using Microsoft Teams. All meetings are open to the public.
April 11, 2023
This meeting was held in-person as well as a simultaneous online format using Microsoft Teams. All meetings are open to the public.
February 13, 2023
This meeting was held in-person as well as a simultaneous online format using Microsoft Teams. All meetings are open to the public.
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2022
December 5, 2022
This meeting was held in-person as well as a simultaneous online format using Microsoft Teams. All meetings are open to the public.
November 10, 2022
This meeting was held in-person as well as a simultaneous online format using Microsoft Teams. All meetings are open to the public.
- Agenda
- Meeting recording
- Meeting minutes
- Meeting presentation slides
- 2020 funding recommendations matrix
- WWAT Stream Depletion Allocation Proposal
- WWAT Downstream Accounting Future Research Proposal
- Stream Flow Rate Attenuation Study Proposal
- Lakes Adverse Resource Impact Metrics Development Recommendation
- Agricultural Irrigation Water and Energy Efficiency Recommendation
October 11, 2022
This meeting was held in-person as well as a simultaneous online format using Microsoft Teams. All meetings are open to the public.
September 13, 2022
This meeting was held in-person as well as a simultaneous online format using Microsoft Teams. All meetings are open to the public.
August 9, 2022
This meeting was held in-person as well as a simultaneous online format using Microsoft Teams.
June 14, 2022
This meeting was held in-person as well as a simultaneous online format using Microsoft Teams.
- Agenda
- Meeting presentation
- Meeting recording *note the early portion of the meeting was mistakenly not recorded. Sorry for the mishap.
- Meeting notes
April 12, 2022
This meeting was held in-person as well as a simultaneous on-line meeting format using Microsoft Teams.
February 8, 2022
This meeting was held in-person as well as a simultaneous on-line meeting format using Microsoft Teams.
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2021
December 14, 2021
This meeting was held in-person as well as a simultaneous on-line meeting format using Microsoft Teams.
October 12, 2021
This meeting was held in-person as well as a simultaneous on-line meeting format using Microsoft Teams.
August 10, 2021
This meeting was held in-person as well as a simultaneous on-line meeting format using Microsoft Teams.
June 8, 2021
This meeting was held online as a video web conference via Microsoft Teams.
April 13, 2021
This meeting was held online as a video web conference via Microsoft Teams.
February 9, 2021
This meeting was held online as a video web conference.
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December 15, 2020
This meeting was held on-line as a video web conference.
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November 10, 2020
This meeting was held online via Microsoft Teams.
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October 20, 2020
This meeting was held online via Microsoft Teams.
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September 15, 2020
The meeting was held online via Microsoft Teams.
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August 18, 2020
This meeting was held online via Microsoft Teams.
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June 23, 2020
The meeting was held from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. online as a web conference via Microsoft Teams.
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April 21, 2020
This meeting was held online as a web conference via Microsoft Teams.
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February 18, 2020
The meeting was held at Constitution Hall in Lansing.
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December 10, 2019
The meeting was held at Farm Bureau in Lansing.