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Oregon’s Integrated Water Resources Strategy
Brenda BatemanOregon Water Resources Department
March 1, 2010
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Oregon’s Integrated Water Resources Strategy
Goals: understand and meet Oregon’s water resource needs…
…instream and out-of-stream…quality, quantity, and ecosystem needs…today and in the future
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Oregon’s House Bill 3369 (2009), Sect 44-45
• Directs Oregon Water Resources to lead efforts• Partner with DEQ, ODFW, ODA• And other agencies, tribes, stakeholders, public• Sets forth goals above •Account for pressures, including climate change
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The Strategy will provide an “action agenda” for the next five years.
Goal #1: Improve understanding of Oregon’s water resource needsObjective 1: …instream (non-consumptive) needsObjective 2: …out-of-stream (consumptive) needsObjective 3: …water resources todayObjective 4: …pressures that could affect needsObjective 5: …pressures that could affect access to clean and reliable water resources
Goal #2: Meet Oregon’s water resource needsObjective 6: Meet instream (non-consumptive) needsObjective 7: Meet out-of-stream (consumptive) needs
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Recommend Action in the following areas:
• Information/Data• Planning Efforts• Public Policy• Statute/Rule• Funding• Outreach/Education
Framework
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Project Team
• Brenda Bateman, Proj. Manager, Water Resources Dept.• Christine Svetkovich, Dept. of Environmental Quality• Bruce McIntosh & Rick Kepler, Dept. of Fish and Wildlife• Ray Jaindl & Brent Searle, Dept. of Agriculture• Alyssa Mucken, Policy Coordinator (WRD)• Ken Stahr, Science Coordinator (WRD)• Ryan Vanden Brink, Policy Intern (WRD)
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Agency Advisory Group
• Directors or designees from 15 agencies
• Providing material for issue papers
• Technical input and presentations for Policy Advisory Group meetings
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Policy Advisory Group
• Organizational meeting January 19
• Discussed a “charter”• Drafting a “vision”• Will identify & prioritize
recommended actions• Next meeting April 14
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Ecological Flow Technical Advisory Group
• First meeting Jan. 28, 2010• Chaired by WRD’s George
Robison, Ph.D., P.E.• TAG includes 9 credentialed
scientists in this area• Reviewing current literature
& methods for determining ecological flows
• IMST providing peer review
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Issue (Background) Papers
• Overview
• Water Quantity
• Water Quality
• Economy
• Ecosystems & Ecology
• Social/Cultural
• Climate Change
Taking public comment…
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Issue Paper: Comments
•More than 30 diverse organizations/individuals•About 300 separate suggestions•Positive, supportive•Suggesting additional content•Accepting comments throughout the project
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Where Are We Now?
Phase I: Setting
the Stage(Fall 2009)
Phase II: Identifying
Water Resource
Needs(Spring 2010)
Phase III: Developing
Recommended Actions
(2010-2011)
Phase IV: Producing
Oregon’s 1st Strategy(2012)
Phase V:Project
Implement.(2012)
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Open Houses
• Three Purposes– Disseminate information– Seek input– Showcase local successes
• Lots of Support!– Agency field staff– Governor’s Economic Revitalization Team– Local facilitators volunteering their services– Sponsors / partners
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Open Houses
• March 31 – Gresham• April 7 – Ontario• April 8 – Umatilla• April 22 – Bandon• April 28 – Tillamook• May 11 – Medford• May 12 – Klamath Falls• May 13 – Redmond• June 8 – Salem• June 10 - Eugene
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Workshops