| Oregon Water Supply and Conservation |
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| Overview |
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Welcome to the Oregon Water Supply and Conservation Initiative webpage. On this website you can find various kinds of information about the Initiative as it becomes available.
The Oregon Water Supply and Conservation Initiative is a key step forward in addressing Oregon’s long-term water supply needs. If funded, the Initiative will include:
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- Assessment of existing and long-term water supply needs,
- Inventory of potential storage sites,
- Analysis of conservation opportunities,
- Basin yield estimates, and
- Match funding for community and regional-based water planning.
The information gained from the Initiative is necessary to ensure that there are adequate water supplies to meet existing and future instream and out-of-stream water needs, and to maintain the vitality of Oregon’s population and economy.
You can help us meet these challenges and develop a strategy for meeting Oregon’s long-term water supply needs by staying informed.
Oregon Water Supply: Assessing Future Water Supply Needs (PDF 280 KB)
Click here to read an article about the Oregon Water Supply and Conservation Initiative in the January 2007 edition of the Oregon Insider.
For further information please contact:
Barry Norris at 503-986-0828 or email: barry.f.norris@wrd.state.or.us
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| Match Funding |
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The Oregon Water Resources Department solicited requests for grant funding for communities and regions in need of financial resources to further their long-term water supply planning efforts. This map displays applications that were received and which ones were successful in obtaining funding. On the map below, clicking on successful applicants leads to additional information including a copy of their application. For more information please contact Bill Fujii at
503-986-0887 or william.h.fujii@wrd.state.or.us.
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| Workshops |
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The Oregon Water Resources Department is holding a series of workshops as part of its' efforts to assess water demands and opportunities for water conservation throughout the state. Your input is needed to help us collect the data necessary to build a long-term picture of Oregon’s water resources. Please join us. Click here for more information. [PDF 378 KB]
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| Water Users Survey |
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The Oregon Water Resources Department has extended the deadline for the return of completed surveys to May 16.
To simplify your response, several options are being provided to enable you to select the applicable sections to complete. These include:
This project is intended to help us characterize water demands and water conservation projects at the county and basin level, and begin to identify where additional public policy and legislative work may be necessary during the next several years in order to meet both in-stream and out-of-stream demands across the state.
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