• Assist in communications with relevant agencies, authorizing committees, and delegation regarding long-term water supply planning in DWA service area. Track and report on issues relating to groundwater management. Engage federal entities regarding land transfers.
• Assist in communications with relevant agencies, authorizing committees, and delegation regarding regulations, Leases, and Permits.
• Assist in communications with relevant agencies, authorizing committees, and delegation to ensure staff understands the importance of water conservation and the treatment of water conservation rebates the same as energy efficiency rebates under federal tax code. Track and report on the Water Conservation Rebate Tax Parity Act.
• Track and report on the implementation of FY2021, FY2022, and FY2023 appropriations measures that are pertinent to water management. Track and report on the FY2024 appropriations and budget process. Track and report on the FY2025 appropriations and budget process.
• Track and report on the FY2024 appropriations measures that are pertinent to water management.
• Track and report on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58). Track and report on the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (Public Law 117-169). Track and report on the implementation of the Build America, Buy America Act (Public Law 117-58) and the Office of Management and Budgets Initial Implementation Guidance M-22-11. Track and report on the development of the upcoming Water Resources and Development Act (WRDA).
• Track and report on the Clean Water Act related legislation and Waters of the United States rulemaking. Track and report on PFAS related legislation and PFAS rulemaking.

Duration: July 1, 2010 to present

General Issues: Natural Resources, Indian/Native American Affairs, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Budget/Appropriations, Agriculture, Transportation, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Government Issues, Environmental/Superfund, Energy/Nuclear

Spending: about $1,013,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2010: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Interior - Dept of (DOI), Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), House of Representatives, Senate, Energy, Dept of