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Divisions and districts: a statewide network
Statewide network
Department headquarters and the Northwest Regional Office are located in Salem. The Department also has four other regional offices and 14 district offices throughout the state. Many of the services of the Department are offered through these field locations in order to provide the most effective customer service at a local level.
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Field and Technical Services
This is the largest of the agency´s divisions and includes the five regional offices and 19 watermaster districts. Information services, water availability analysis, dam safety, enforcement, well construction, water right transfers, and ground water hydrology are some of the areas covered by staff in this division cover.
Water Rights and Adjudications
This division assesses incoming applications for new water use, issues water right permits, certificates and limited licenses, coordinates hydroelectric relicensing, and serves as a record keeping body for the existing water rights in Oregon. The division also organizes and processes adjudications of pre-1909 water right claims.
Resource Management
This division provides technical assistance and reviews water management and conservation plans, assists in water supply and basin planning, and coordinates instream leases, reservations of water, and water planning activities with other agencies and public.
Administrative Services
The agency´s day to day operations are supported through fiscal management, personnel, training, clerical support, copy center, and mailroom functions.
Director’ Office
This office serves to coordinate policy, legislation, public information and contested case hearings.
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Oregon´s Water What We Do Study the Resource Law and Policy Manage Resources Services and Offices Providing Information
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