Water Planning

The OWRB is responsible for coordinating decadal updates of the Oklahoma Comprehensive Water Plan (OCWP) and subsequently managing recommended initiatives, studies, and projects. The OCWP outlines the state’s strategy for maintaining reliable water supplies, which will ensure sustained certainty for investment, economic growth, and environmental stability. It identifies long-term needs for each of Oklahoma's 13 planning regions, assesses potential challenges, highlights opportunities, and proposes strategies and sustained funding to develop key water resources that support Oklahoma’s competitiveness in the national market.

The 2025 OCWP Update (available soon) will include an executive summary, detailed technical report, 13 watershed planning region fact sheets, 82 planning basin fact sheets, interactive web pages, GIS dashboards, and supplemental reports.

Policy recommendations have been developed and include legislative and funding priorities for four key areas: Infrastructure and Workforce, Water Supplies and Storage, Water Management and Policy, and Water Data and Information.