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The Oregon Water Resources Department (WRD) is the chief regulatory agency of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon responsible for management of all surface and ground water in the state, which by statute belongs to the public. The department’s primary activities include protection of existing water rights, facilitation of voluntary ...
The Willamette valley is home to 70% of Oregon's population, with the aquifer supplying water for agricultural, domestic, and industrial purposes. Reported in 2005, the total water use from the aquifer was 1.6 hm 3 (420 million gallons) per day, with 58% going to irrigation, 24% to public supply, and 18% to industrial use. [3]
The following year, the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board replaced GWEB, [7] and expanded the five member board with six public members. [9] Passage of Measure 76 in Oregon's 2010 General Election continued lottery funding for parks, beaches, wildlife habitat, watershed protection beyond 2014 and modified the funding process. [10]
The Central Oregon Irrigation District was established in 1918 from the merging of water systems near Bend. Among the earliest was Pilot Butte Development Company , established in 1902 [ 3 ] by Alexander M. Drake , a capitalist who arrived in the area in spring of 1900 by covered wagon, lured by the possibility of irrigating upper Deschutes ...
Twenty rural Oregon lawmakers have asked a federal judge to modify a ruling that has impacted drinking water, wildlife and dried-up wells near Green Peter and Lookout Point reservoirs.. A letter ...
The Willamette River runs through a large stretch of Oregon's Willamette Valley and is more than 187 miles long, with the main stem river stretching from south of Eugene to Portland, Oregon. The Willamette River is impacted by numerous issues, including water pollution, toxic pollutants , and dams on the river's tributaries to urban development ...
Oregon's Enterprise Information Services, the agency charged with the maintenance and security of the state's technology systems, are reviewing recommendations from the U.S. Environmental ...
The Swalley Irrigation District supplies water to irrigators through a network of pipes and canals fed by the Deschutes River near Bend in the U.S. state of Oregon.The network, begun in 1899, is a closed system with an intake behind North Canal Dam in Bend and a main canal, the Swalley Canal, that runs north from the city for about 13 miles (21 km).