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Commission delegates chair to sign joint funding agreement with USGS for FY2026 monitoring; adds new rainfall and stream gauges
Summary
The commission authorized the chairperson to enter into a joint funding agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey for federal fiscal year 2026 to fund statewide rainfall, groundwater and streamflow monitoring. Staff said a one‑time federal infusion of $250,000 will help expand and maintain long‑term monitoring stations; commissioners approved the J
The Commission on Water Resource Management authorized the chairperson to enter into a joint funding agreement (JFA) with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to support statewide hydrologic monitoring in federal fiscal year 2026.
Aaron Scott of the commission’s Stream Protection and Management Branch presented the item and described it as the annual cooperative monitoring agreement that supports long‑term records for rainfall, groundwater and streamflow. Scott said the state benefits from a one‑time federal infusion of $250,000 that will offset some operating costs and buy equipment to add and expand stations. "We are beneficiaries of a one time infusion of $250,000 at the federal level," he said, and some of this year’s federal money will fund next year’s operation costs.
Scott described multiple planned additions and changes to the monitoring network:…
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