New water hauling regulations

New Oregon law requires water haulers to keep records, in bid to deter illegal cannabis grows (KTVZ, 6/2/2022)

Law to combat water theft used for illegal cannabis grows goes into effect Friday (KTVL, 6/2/2022)

HB 4061 : cannabis and water enforcement (2022) Oregon Water Resources Department

New provisions for water hauling and cannabis operations (2022) Oregon Water Resources Department

Tips for water haulers to comply with HB 4061 (2022) Oregon Water Resources Department

Attention water haulers (2022) Oregon Water Resources Department

Regulation of water wells

Oregon plays catch-up on overseeing wells across state (Capital Press, 2/27/2020)

Water well owner’s handbook (2019) Oregon Water Resources Department

Water resources and legal conflicts

Water scarcity incites Oregon legal conflicts (Capital Press, 2/6/2020)

Report on contested cases and litigation (2019) Oregon Water Resources Department

Oregon’s water vision

Communities weigh in on Oregon’s 100-year water vision (Capital Press, 10/23/19)

Oregon’s 2017 integrated water resources strategy [PDF] (2017) Oregon Water Resources Department

Watermasters

Umatilla County pushes state for watermaster post (East Oregonian, 2/15/2018)

Regions and watermaster districts (serial) Oregon Water Resources Department

Water infrastructure

Oregon water infrastructure in catch-up mode (Statesman Journal, 9/27/2015)

Report of the Senate Bill 839 Governance Task Force [PDF] (2015) Oregon Water Resources Department

Water rights

Wanted: info on who drained Crook Co. reservoir (Bend Bulletin, 5/5/2015)

Water rights in Oregon : an introduction to Oregon’s water laws [PDF] (2013) Oregon Water Resources Department

Water diversion and storage

Task force scraps key water storage fund requirement (Capital Press, 10/31/2014)

A proposed “percent of flow” approach for water storage projects in Oregon [PDF] (2014) Oregon Legislative Assembly, Seasonally Varying Flows Task Force

SB 839 seasonally varying flow Q and A [PDF] (2014) Oregon Water Resources Department

Final Integrated Water Resources Strategy

Oregon does have an integrated water resources strategy (Daily Astorian, 10/9/2013)

Oregon’s integrated water resources strategy [PDF] (2012) Oregon Water Resources Department

Umatilla Basin water supplies

Hunt for water in eastern Oregon has farmers scrambling to tap Columbia River (Oregonian, 10/14/2012)

Update of ground water conditions and declining water levels in the Butter Creek area, Morrow and Umatilla Counties, Oregon [PDF] (1984) Oregon Water Resources Department

Ground water supplies in the Umatilla Basin [PDF] (2003) Oregon Water Resources Department

Status of water supplies in the Umatilla River Basin [PDF] (2006) Oregon State University