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Water In Oregon – Not a Drop to Waste

Water In Oregon – Not a Drop to Waste. Part 2: Issues and Perspectives. League of Women Voters of Oregon Education Fund March 2010. Water Policy: Putting Together the Pieces. groundwater. prior Appropriation. nonpoint Source Pollution. data. drinking water. TMDLs. agriculture.

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Water In Oregon – Not a Drop to Waste

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  1. Water In Oregon – Not a Drop to Waste Part 2: Issues and Perspectives League of Women Voters of Oregon Education Fund March 2010

  2. Water Policy: Putting Together the Pieces groundwater prior Appropriation nonpoint Source Pollution data drinking water TMDLs agriculture conservation stream flow land planning wells

  3. The Management of Water • Multiple managers – DEQ, WRD, ODA, ODFW, etc. • Fragmented and “siloed” • Cooperation, communication • Funding, information tracking • Need for more localized action

  4. Management: 4 Areas of Concern Cooperation Information Tracking Funding Communication

  5. Watershed • Includes: • The entire drainage to a body of water • Local groups, local economy and government • The geology, flora, fauna • http://geoscape.nrcan.gc.ca/h2o/bowen/images/watershed_e.jpg

  6. Data Need • Filling the gaps • Adequate data • Uniform quality standards • Evaluation of how factors interact in specific waters • Funding for data • Data that are used • A central data repository

  7. Challenges for Water Water Rights Prior appropriation – long history Established rights used for planning In-stream rights are junior The Endangered Species Act Future Water Demand Stream Flow

  8. Challenges for Water Groundwater Contamination and Loss • Water levels dropping • Contamination • More data needed • Tracking of wells and septic systems needed Miller, G. Tyler JR, 1995, Environmental Science: Working With the Earth, Ed V, Wadsworth Publishing. Co. California pp 273 Figure 11-17

  9. Challenges for Water Water Temperature Point Source Pollution Non Point Source Pollution Total Maximum Daily Loads

  10. Challenges for Water Trace Pollutants Land Use Planning Climate change

  11. Conservation and Protection of Water: Agriculture • Irrigation – improved methods • Aquifer recharge • Storage • Controlled use of • pesticide and fertilizer Pivot circles Hermiston, OR

  12. Conservation and Protection of Water: Industry and Commerce • Cost/ benefit analysis • Permitting • Priority goals

  13. Conservation and Protection of Water: Municipalities • Permits • Water plans • Public education • Improved waste water treatment • Funding needed

  14. Conservation and Protection of Water: Forestry • Redesign of logging roads and culverts • Riparian management • Planting requirements • Scientific studies

  15. Involving the Public • Recognizing that traditional methods are not always effective • Developing new approaches to reach the public • Incentives • Legislation • Social marketing

  16. Integrated Water Resources Strategy • State study of water issues in order to develop an integrated strategy • Headed by WRD, includes DEQ, ODA, ODFW • Public hearings and information http://www.oregon.gov/OWRD/LAW/Integrated_Water_Supply_Strategy.shtml

  17. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER Learn Plan Act LWVOR www.lwvor.org

  18. The League is grateful to: • Stakeholders that granted interviews • Our editors and reviewers • Financial support from members and donors • The League appreciates the specific project donations and grants from • Eugene Water and Energy Board • The Mountaineers Foundation: www. Mountaineersfoundation.org League of Women Voters of Oregon Education Fund

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