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Quarterly Business Meeting to be held March 1, 2022

The Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB) will hold its 2nd-quarter business meeting on March 1, 2022.  The meeting will begin at 9:45 a.m. The Section for Cooperative Water Supply Operations on the Potomac (CO-OP) will begin at 8:30 a.m.

During the business meeting, the Commissioners will see a presentation on the 2021 activities of the Potomac River Basin Drinking Water Source Protection Partnership and get a sneak peak at the recently revised ICPRB Drought Monitoring and Operations page.

The draft agenda and historical meeting documents can be found on the Business Meetings page.

The meeting will be virtual. Members of the public who wish to view the proceedings should Contact Us no later than close-of-business on Friday, February 25 for a registration link.

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Request for Proposals–Water Supply Forecasting

On February 9, 2022, this news piece was edited to add:

Q&A Session to be held February 16

ICPRB’s CO-OP Section is holding a Q&A Session for the recent Request for Proposals (RFP) on seasonal forecasting to support Washington, DC, metropolitan area water supply operations. If you have any questions about the RFP or about our current tools, please register for the Q&A Session which will be held at 10 AM (EST) on Wednesday, February 16.

More information on the RFP can be found here.


Posted Jan. 20, 2022:

The ICPRB Section for Cooperative Water Supply Operations on the Potomac (CO-OP) provides technical and managerial assistance in drought-related planning and operations for the Washington, DC, metropolitan area (WMA) cooperative water supply system. The CO-OP requests proposals from academic institutions to advance its ability to forecast Potomac River flows 1-12 months into the future to help inform operational decisions related to drought.

Find more information on the RFP here.

Updates to the RFP, including information meetings, will be provided on ICPRB’s Jobs page.