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Water In Oregon – Not a Drop to Waste
Part 2: Issues and Perspectives
League of Women Voters of Oregon Education FundMarch 2010
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TMDLs
prior
Appropriation
agricultu
re
Water Policy: Putting Together the Pieces
groundwaterconservation
stream flow
drinking water
wells
nonpoint Source Pollution
land planning
data
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The Management of Water
• Multiple managers – DEQ, WRD, ODA, ODFW, etc.
• Fragmented and “siloed”• Cooperation, communication• Funding, information tracking
• Need for more localized action
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Management: 4 Areas of Concern
Cooperation
Information Tracking
Funding
Communication
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Watershed
• http://geoscape.nrcan.gc.ca/h2o/bowen/images/watershed_e.jpg
Includes:
•The entire drainage to a body of water
•Local groups, local economy and government
•The geology, flora, fauna
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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
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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
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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
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Challenges for Water
Water Temperature
Point Source Pollution
Non Point Source Pollution
Total Maximum Daily Loads
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Challenges for Water
Trace Pollutants
Land Use Planning
Climate change
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Agriculture
Conservation and Protection of Water:
Pivot circles Hermiston, OR
•Irrigation – improved methods
•Aquifer recharge
•Storage
•Controlled use of pesticide and fertilizer
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Conservation and Protection of Water:
Industry and Commerce
•Cost/ benefit analysis
•Permitting
•Priority goals
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Conservation and Protection of Water:
Municipalities•Permits
•Water plans
•Public education
•Improved waste water treatment
•Funding needed
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Conservation and Protection of Water:
Forestry
•Redesign of logging roads and culverts
•Riparian management
•Planting requirements
•Scientific studies
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Involving the Public
• Recognizing that traditional methods are not always effective
• Developing new approaches to reach the public– Incentives– Legislation– Social marketing
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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
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PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
Learn
Plan
Act
LWVOR www.lwvor.org
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• 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