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There are six water planning regions in the state:

Regional Advisory Committees

Pennsylvania wouldn’t have a State Water Plan without the help of a broad range of professionals who volunteer their expertise by serving on Regional Advisory Committees. They guide the development of regional components of the plan, provide recommendations to DEP and the statewide committee on the selection of consultants, and identification of critical water planning areas, and help facilitate a process for public input on the plan.

There’s one Regional Advisory Committee for each water planning region. Each committee includes 23 volunteers, representing a number of areas:

  • County government, county planning commission directors, or county conservation districts directors
  • Local government
  • Agriculture, production and horticulture
  • Public water supply
  • Public wastewater
  • Industrial and commercial enterprises, and energy development and production
  • Environment and conservation
  • Water resources management engineering, hydrology, geology, planning, law and economics
  • DEP
  • Compact basin representative

Volunteers Needed!

Regional Advisory Committee meetings have started. Many volunteers who served on committees for the 2022 State Water Plan Update are serving again for this 2027 update. But there are still openings. As of April 2023, DEP is seeking volunteers with the following professional expertise. The number of individuals needed is in parentheses.

  • Delaware: horticulture (1); agriculture production (1).
  • Great Lakes: county conservation district director (1), industrial and commercial enterprises, or energy development and production (2); environment & conservation (1); local government (1).
  • Lower Susquehanna: county conservation district director (1); county conservation district director or planning commission director or county government representative (1); agriculture (2)- horticulture; industrial and commercial enterprises, or energy development and production (1); local government (2).
  • Ohio: industrial and commercial enterprises, or energy development and production (2); environment and conservation (1); local government (1).
  • Potomac: county conservation district director (2); county conservation district director or planning commission director or county government representative (1); agriculture (2)- one production and one horticulture; public wastewater (1), industrial and commercial enterprises, or energy development and production (1); local government (3), environment & conservation (2).
  • Upper/Middle Susquehanna: local government (2); environment and conservation (1).
  • Statewide: agriculture (1); energy (1).

Committee membership generally runs from one to three years.

If you’re interested in serving on a Regional Advisory Committee, please contact James Horton in the DEP Compacts and Commissions Support at jahorton@pa.gov or (717) 783-2285 for further details.

Contact Us

Department of Environmental Protection
Compacts and Commissions Support
P.O. Box 8465
Harrisburg, PA 17105-8555
Email: epstatewaterplan@pa.gov