Resources for Developing Drinking Water Protection Plans or Strategies - Surface Water Systems

Links for guidance documents and additional information for protecting streams and watersheds

Oregon Public Water Systems Implementing Watershed Protection

• Eugene Water and Electric Board's Watershed Protection Program (McKenzie R.)
• Clackamas River Water Providers Watershed Protection (Clackamas R.)
• City of Salem Source Water Protection (North Santiam R.)
• Tualatin River Watershed Demonstration Project: Drinking Water Source Protection and Habitat Conservation Landscape Analysis (Tualatin R.)
• City of Portland Watershed Protection (Bull Run R.)
• Astoria Forest Management (North Coast Watershed)
• Medford Water Commission Watershed Protection (Rogue R.)
• City of Scappoose Drinking Water Protection Plan for Forestland (Scappoose Creek Watershed)
• Assisting Communities - Examples of Current Oregon Drinking Water Protection Work

Oregon DEQ links

• Fact Sheet: Model Ordinance - Protecting Surface Water Sources of Drinking Water PDF
• Rules and Recommendations for Pesticide Use in Drinking Water Source Areas - Coming soon
• Healthy Lawns Initiative
• Laboratory Analytical Storage and Retrieval (LASAR) Database

 EPA links

• Source Water Protection
• Source Water Protection Practices Bulletins
• Surface Water/Groundwater Interactions Issue Paper
• Smart Growth Resources
• Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters
• National Management Measures to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution from Urban Areas
• Getting In Step: Watershed Outreach
• Ground Water and Drinking Water
• Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds

US Geological Survey links

• USGS Water Resources of Oregon
• USGS Surface Water Information
• USGS Water-Quality Information
• USGS Emerging Contaminants In the Environment

Other links

• Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (Water Quality Model Code and Guidebook)
• Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
• The Source Protection Handbook (The Trust for Public Land)
• Oregon Association of Conservation Districts
• The New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission - Source water protection resources
• "Drinking Water from Forests and Grasslands A Synthesis of the Scientific Literature" (United States Forest Service)
• Stormwater Best Management Practices (Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership)
• Oregon Water Resources Department: Water Protections and Restrictions

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