The Alabama Water Resources Commission consists of 19 voting members selected by the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Members serve six-year, staggered terms. The Alabama Water Resources Act requires that commission membership include representatives from each Congressional district and each major surface water region of Alabama. In addition to the geographic representation requirements, the membership must also represent a cross section of water user groups including rural and urban public water systems, non-public (industrial, manufacturing, etc.), commercial navigation, conservation and the environment or water based recreation interests within Alabama.

The Alabama Water Resources Act established the Alabama Water Resources Commission specifically:

• To advise the Governor and the presiding officers of the Senate and House, as necessary or as requested, on all matters related to the waters of the state as provided in this chapter;
   
• To provide guidance to the ADECA director and the OWR division director on all matters within the commission's scope of authority;
   
• To advise in the formulation of policies, plans, and programs of the Office of Water Resources in the performance of its functions and duties;
   
• To establish, adopt, promulgate, modify, repeal, and suspend any rules or regulations authorized pursuant to this chapter which may be applicable to the state as a whole or any of its geographical parts and to consider the adoption of any rule or regulation recommended by the division chief;
   
• To advise the Office of Water Resources to implement policies, plans, and programs governing the waters of the state; and
   
• To hear and determine appeals of administrative actions of the Office of Water Resources, including the administration of certificates of use or the issuance, modification, or repeal of any order, notice of violation or citation issued.
   

For a list of current members, please click here.