How was the Western Regional Water Commission (WRWC) formed?
Senate Bill 487, passed in the 2007 Nevada Legislative Session, creates a new regional water entity in Washoe County named the Western Regional Water Commission. The bill was sponsored by the Interim Legislative Subcommittee created in 2005 by Senate Continuing Resolution 26 (SCR26), and is the product of input from water purveyors, cities and counties, and customers at numerous hearings in 2005, 2006 and 2007. The new law creates the WRWC and changes the role of the existing Regional Water Planning Commission, which will become a technical advisory group and will be re-named the Northern Nevada Water Planning Commission (NNWPC). WRWC, the new entity, will focus on improving water resource planning at the regional level and facilitating coordinated resource management among the four public water purveyors (TMWA, Washoe County Water Resources, Sun Valley General Improvement District and South Truckee Meadows General Improvement District).
