Missouri Water Seminar, September 10-11, 2015, Columbia, MO

1. Missouri State Water Plan
Andrea Collier, PE
Water Resources Center, Director
Missouri Geological Survey, Deputy Director

2. Missouri’s State Water Plan
(Section 640.415, RSMo)
 Responsible to develop, maintain and
periodically update a state water plan
 Long-range, comprehensive statewide program
for the use of surface water and groundwater
resources of the state
 Includes existing and future needs for drinking
water supplies, agriculture, industry, recreation,
environmental protection

3. Developing the Plan
 Collect and compile data, make surveys,
investigations and recommendations concerning
the water resources of the state, related to
social, economic and environmental needs
 Perform analysis and conduct modeling
 Establish procedures to ensure public
participation in development and revision

4. History of Missouri Water Planning
1st Water
Plan
(1938)
Statute
(1989)
Priority
Issues List
(1990)
Drought
Plan
(‘95, ‘02)
Phase I
(‘96-’00)
Phase II
(2002)

5. Water Plan Update – Proposed Approach
 One-phase
 Comprehensive
 Watershed scale
 24-months to develop
 Stakeholder and public engagement
central to process

6. Work Completed to Date
 Obtained a contractor in January 2015
through Planning Assistance to States
Program (USACE)
 Developed a Work Plan, completed March
2015
 Defining the core elements and data sources
(available vs. gap), and methodologies

7. Baseline Data Evaluation
Water Demands
Water Supply/Availability
Water Quality/Aquatic Species
Infrastructure, Funding/Financing
Demand
Supply
Quality
Infrastructure
Deliverables
• Four Technical Memorandums assessing data availability, data
gaps and methodologies
• Should be completed by end of September 2015

8. Next Steps
 Stakeholder and public engagement events
state-wide
 Initial data analysis
 Economic and population trends
 Quantify consumptive and non-consumptive
water demands

9. Andrea Collier, PE
Water Resources Center
Andrea.Collier@dnr.mo.gov
(573) 751-1134