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Here are additional supporting documents for the water availability technical committee to consider:

The

Overview

According to Minnesota Statutes 103B.151, the Environmental Quality Board is to coordinate a comprehensive long-range water resources plan for the state every ten years.

2020 State Water Plan: Water and Climate:

A Minnesota Environmental Quality Board report released today
calls for resolving competing plans for financing the cleanup of impaired
waters, new water supply studies and increased protections for the state’s
wetlands.

Minnesota Statutes, sections 103A.43 and 103B.151, directs the Environmental Quality Board to coordinate state water programs and develop a 5-year water policy and priorities report.

In furtherance of this mission, a committee of the board – the Clean Water Cabinet – and staff in the state’s water agencies have worked to coordinate the Governor’s Clean Water Initiative and define state water priorities.

Minnesota Statutes,
section 103A.43
directs the Environmental Quality Board and Department of Natural Resources to conduct a biennial assessment of the availability of
water to meet the state’s long range needs. The most recent report, Use
of Minnesota’s Renewable Water Resources: Moving Toward Sustainability, was completed April 2007, with ongoing activities in preparation for the next biennial reporting. The analysis found that counties in the Twin Cities-St. Cloud growth