Water Resources Policy Act of 2009 (WRPA)

On March 24 and 25, 2009, bills were introduced in the North Carolina General Assembly to enact the recommendations of the water allocation study.

• The Water Resources Policy Act of 2009 (WRPA) was introduced by Sen. Dan Clodfelter as S. 907.  Co-sponsors were Sens. Albertson, Hartsell and Swindell. WRPA as introduced is a comprehensive enactment of the study's recommendations, other than river basin re-definition.
  
•  House Bill 802, introduced by Reps. Lucy Allen and Pryor Gibson, handles the meshing ot river basin definitions to make them identical for water resources and water quality purposes.  S. 833, introduced by Sen. Clodfelter, is identical to H. 802.

On April 6, 2009, Reps. Lucy Allen, Pryor Gibson and Cullie Tarleton (along with co-sponsors M. Alexander; Dockham; Faison; Harrison; Insko; Lucas; Samuelson) introduced H 1101, the House version of  WRPA.

For additional information you can visit the Water Wiki where they will be tracking developments on the bill and related legislation and offering a public place for comments.