The Committee's purpose is to advise the Department of Environmental Protection. It will assess the impacts of existing and proposed regulations on water resource management. This includes surface and groundwater quality and quantity.
The Committee may request to review a Department policy, guidance, or regulation needed to implement the Office of Water Management's programs. It may also suggest water resource initiatives to the Department. The Committee is to consider multi-media inputs in setting its agenda and in advising the Department.
The Committee shall encourage public input on technical water issues at its meetings.
The Water Resources Advisory Committee will meet at 9:30 a.m. in Room 105 of the Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA. All meetings will have a virtual option for attendance.
The 2025 meeting dates are as follows:
- March 12
- May 14
- July 9
- September 10
- November 4
November 21, 2024
In-person and via Microsoft Teams
- Agenda (PDF)
- Draft Minutes from 9-19-2024 Meeting (PDF)
- Emerging Contaminants in Pennsylvania Surface Waters Presentation (PDF)
- PAG-13 NPDES General Permit Reissuance (PDF)
September 19, 2024
In-person and via Microsoft Teams
- Agenda (PDF)
- Approved Minutes from 7-18-2024 Meeting (PDF)
- Draft Minutes from 7-18-2024 Meeting (PDF)
- Advanced Restoration Plan(ARP)/Hammer Creek ARP Update Presentation (PDF)
July 18, 2024
In-person and via Microsoft Teams
- Agenda (PDF)
- Approved Minutes from 5-16-2024 Meeting (PDF)
- Draft Minutes from 5-16-2024 Meeting (PDF)
- Manure Management Revisions Presentation (PDF)
- PAG-02 NPDES General Permit Reissuance (PDF)
May 16, 2024
In-person and via Microsoft Teams
- Agenda (PDF)
- Approved Minutes from 1-18-2024 Meeting (PDF)
- Draft Minutes from 1-18-2024 Meeting (PDF)
- Triennial Review Presentation (PDF)
- Triennial Review Final Rulemaking (PDF)
- WQS-Site Specific Criteria Presentation (PDF)
- SSC Final Rulemaking (PDF)
- Chesapeake Bay Progress Update Presentation (PDF)
- Nutrient Trading Program Update Presentation (PDF)
- Notification Requirements for Unauthorized Discharges to Waters of the Commonwealth Revised Draft Proposed Rulemaking Presentation (PDF)
- Notification Requirements for Unauthorized Discharges to Waters of the Commonwealth Revised Draft Proposed Rulemaking (PDF)
January 18, 2024
In-person and via Microsoft Teams
Contact Us
Bob Haines
Bureau of Clean Water
400 Market Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101