Foundational Resources:
- For a complete history of the CBWP Collaborative, please visit the Community-Based Water Planning page.
- Senate Bill 266 (2015)
- OWRD Place-Based Planning (PBP) Draft Guidance (2015)
Key Background Resources For Groundwater Planning Phase:
- For a complete list of and links to presentations given to the CBWP Collaborative, please visit the CBWP Relevant Presentations page.
- OWRD Technical Assistance Request Memo: Groundwater Use for Irrigation (12/2020)
- OWRD Technical Assistance Request Memo: Groundwater Level Declines (12/2020)
- OWRD Technical Assistance Request Memo: Water Rights Analysis (05/2019)
- OWRD Technical Assistance Request Memo: Groundwater Permitted Acres (08/2018)
- OWRD Open File Report: Generalized Geologic Compilation Map of the Harney Basin (04/2021)
- OWRD Open File Report: Methods & Results for Estimating Groundwater Pumped, Returned, and Consumed for Non-Irrigation Uses in the Harney Basin, Oregon (04/2021)
- DEQ Statewide Groundwater Quality Monitoring Program: Harney County (05/2021)
- OWRD Open File Report: Methods and Results for Estimating the Hydraulic Characteristics of the Subsurface Materials in the Harney Basin, Oregon
- OWRD Rules Advisory Committee: General Operation Principles
- OWRD/USGS Groundwater Study (04/2022)
- USGS Groundwater Study Fact Sheet
PBP Step 1 | CBWP Working Agreement:
According to OWRD’s Place-Based Planning (PBP) Draft Guidance (2015), Step 1 should “create a structure and process that fosters collaboration, bringing together various sectors and interests…ensure a balanced representation of interests and a meaningful process…”
PBP Steps 2-3 | Working Group Reports + Key Takeaways Documents:
According to OWRD’s Place-Based Planning (PBP) Draft Guidance (2015), Step 2 should “describe and assess current water supplies, water quality, and the status of ecosystem health to determine any existing challenges and potential opportunities” whereas Step 3 should “quantify existing and future needs/demands.”
- Ecological Working Group, Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems Reports:
- Exempt Uses Working Group, Harney Basin Rural Domestic and Municipal Groundwater Use Reports:
- Groundwater Agriculture Use Working Group, Agricultural Groundwater Use Reports:
PBP Steps 2-3 | Small Group Discussions on Sub-Areas & Spreadsheet Materials:
- Sub-Area Map (For discussion purposes only; adopted from a 2020 TA Request)
- Spreadsheet
PBP Steps 2-3 | Rural Domestic Well Questionnaire:
PBP Step 4 | Strategies/ Solutions:
According to OWRD’s Place-Based Planning (PBP) Draft Guidance (2015), “integrated solutions for meeting long-term water needs” should be developed in Step 4.
- Critical Groundwater Issues List
- Strategy One-Pagers
- Workflow
- Strategies
- CREP
- DRAFT Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) Proposal (short version- 2 pages)
- To access the full CREP Proposal, click here (long version- 44 pages)
- DRAFT CREP Schedule
- Environmental Reviews for CREP Agreements – Fact Sheet (May 2022)
- DRAFT Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) Proposal (short version- 2 pages)
- Groundwater Market Feasibility Study
- See CBWP Relevant Presentations page for slides
- Consideration 1 (Water Shares Concept)
- Consideration 2 (Reduction in Groundwater Withdrawals); Follow-up Q+A
- Consideration 3 (Legal Opportunities and Constraints)
- Consideration 5 (Permit Exempt Wells + Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems)
- Consideration 6 (Groundwater Governance Structure)
- Harney Basin Groundwater Market Feasibility Study Final Report
- Voluntary Agreement Analysis
- CREP
PBP Step 5 | Groundwater Portion of the Integrated Water Plan:
According to OWRD’s Place-Based Planning (PBP) Draft Guidance (2015), planning groups should “formally adopt the plan” in Step 5.
Incomplete drafts of the groundwater portion of the Integrated Water Plan without the benefit of the OWRD/USGS groundwater study results. These drafts are living documents meaning they will be continuously updated, edited, and refined.
- DRAFT 1 Groundwater Plan (January 2022)
- DRAFT 2 Groundwater Plan (March 2022)
- DRAFT 3 Groundwater Plan (April 2022)
- Draft 4 Groundwater Plan + Appendices (May 2022)
- Draft 5 Groundwater Plan (June 2022)
- Final Draft Groundwater Plan (April 2023; Supported by Interagency Plan Review Team)
Interagency Plan Review Team Comments on the Groundwater Plan, received from OWRD November 2022:
