2010
Water Needs and Strategies for a Sustainable Future: 2010 Progress Report, a collaborative report prepared for the Western Governors’ Association by the staff of the Western States Water Council, June 2010.
2008
Water Needs and Strategies for a Sustainable Future: Next Steps, a collaborative report prepared for the Western Governors’ Association by the staff of the Western States Water Council, June 2008.
Water Laws and Policies for a Sustainable Future: A Western States’ Perspective, a collaborative report by the staff of the Western States Water Council, June 2008.
2007
May 2007 Climate Change Research Needs Workshop, these proceedings represent a report prepared by Jeanine Jones of the California Department of Water Resources for the Western Governors’ Association and the Western States Water Council, September 2007.
2006
Water Needs and Strategies for a Sustainable Future, a collaborative report prepared for the Western Governors’ Association by the staff of the Western States Water Council, June 2006.
2005
Celebrating our 40th Anniversary – 1965-2005, a collaborative report prepared by former members and the staff of the Western States Water Council, July 2005.
2005
Governmental Interference with the Use of Water: When Do Unconstitutional Takings Occur?, a collaborative Legal Committee work product published Fall 2005 in the University of Denver Water Law Review, 2005.
2003
State Tools to Provide Water for Endangered Species, a report prepared by the staff of the Western States Water Council, June 2003.
2002
Water Reuse and Artificial Groundwater Recharge in the Western United States, a report prepared by the staff of the Western States Water Council, November 2002, 75 pages.
Federal Non-Indian Claims to Water, by staff of the Western States Water Council, February 1999, 131 pages.
1998
State Watershed Strategy Guidebook, by staff of the Western States Water Council, September 1998, 137 pages.
Ground Water Recharge Projects in the Western US–Economic Efficiency, Financial Feasibility and Legal-Institutional Issues Part II 1998, a cooperative project by Western States Water Council, and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, December 1998, 187 pages. Available through the Bureau of Reclamation.
1997
Water in the West Today: A States’ Perspective, by staff of the Western States Water Council, February, 1997, 45 pages.
Western States’ Abandonment, Forfeiture and Lack of Perfection Laws, by staff of the Western States Water Council, July 1, 1997, 86 pages.
1995
Intrastate Water Transfers in the West: Approaches, Problems and Related Issues, by Ricky Shepherd Torrey, May 30, 1995, 53 pages.
Water Policy and Growth Management, a report prepared for the Western Governors’ Association by the staff of the Western States Water Council, June 1995, 32 pages. Available through WGA.
1994
Western State Water Use Fees, a report prepared for the Western Governors’ Association by the Western States Water Council, June 30, 1994, 9 pages.
1992
Western State Water Right Permitting Procedures, by Norman K. Johnson, November 1992, 41 pages.
1991
Interregional Water Transfers, by Norman K. Johnson and Anthony G. Willardson, May 1991, 115 pages.
1990
Groundwater Recharge Projects in the Western United States, Economic Efficiency, Financial Feasibility, and Legal/Institutional Issues, by Anthony G. Willardson and Norman K. Johnson, Oct. 1990, 229 pages.
1991
State Water Laws and Federal Water Uses: The History of Conflict and the Prospects for Accommodation, D. Craig Bell and Norman K. Johnson, April 1991, 115 pages.
1989
The Western States Water Council: Prologue and Organization, Anthony G. Willardson, Associate Director, July 1989, 68 pages.
1987
The Doctrine of Prior Appropriation and the Changing West, Norman K. Johnson, Legal Counsel, October 1987, 41 pages.
A Model for Western State Drought Response and Planning, WSWC Staff, Anthony G. Willardson, Associate Director, October 1987, 76 pages.
EPA/State Relations Related to the Administration of Federal Water Quality Programs in the Western States, Norman K. Johnson, Legal Counsel, October 1987, 20 pages.
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Funding, Anthony G. Willardson, Associate Director, July 1987, 58 pages.
1986
Western State Drought Management, Anthony G. Willardson, October 1986, 126 pages.
Western State Ground Water Management, Norman K. Johnson, October 1986 update, 86 pages.
1984
How Much Water Do We Have in the West?, Richard A. Smith, May 1984, 21 pages.
State/Federal Financing and Western Water Resource Development – 1984 Update, Anthony G. Willardson, Associate Director, May 1984, 85 pages.
1983
Federal Water Resource Development Financing and Cost Sharing: A Western State Perspective, Anthony G. Willardson, June 1983, 106 pages.
Indian Water Rights in the West, Norman K. Johnson, Legal Counsel, December 1983, 124 pages.
Water Conservation and Western Water Resource Management, Anthony G. Willardson, Associate Director, December 1983, 90 pages.
1982
Laws of the Twelve Western States Pertaining to Interstate and/or Interbasin Transfers – Update, Compiled by Norman K. Johnson, Legal Assistant, September 1982, 44 pages.
Western State Ground Water Management, Anthony G. Willardson, Research Analyst, October 1982, 111 pages.
Water for Western Energy Development, Richard A. Smith, Staff Engineer, December 1982, 89 pages.
1981
Section 404 of the Clean Water Act: A Status Report, Norman K. Johnson, Legal Assistant, September 1981, 22 pages.
State/Federal Financing and Western Water Resources Development, Anthony G. Willardson, Research Analyst, November 1981, 56 pages.
1977
Water for Western Energy Development – Update, September 1977, 28 pages.
1976
Bibliography of Selected Reports and Ongoing Studies Relating to Water Requirements for Energy Resource Development, April 1976, 54 pages.
Major Federal Water~Related Programs Affecting the Use of Non-Federal Lands, D. Craig Bell, Research Lead and Project Coordinator, March, 1976, 56 pages.
1975
The Reservation Doctrine, D. Craig Bell, 1975, 47 pages.
1974
Western States Water Requirements for Energy Development to 1990, November 1974, 39 pages.