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Water resources
… for La Grande and surroundings (each reference needs a link and annotation–a brief description of what can be found there)
- Natural capital
- Planning document from State Water Resources Dept. on the Upper Grande Ronde River Watershed Partnership (covers a great deal of ground [ha ha], on environmental, organizational, social and cultural dimensions)
- Spatial dimensions
- Maps and diagrams (several relating to water)
- Where are the biggest concerns for managing water (runoff, flooding, drought, wastewater treatment, supply/demand, etc.)?
- Physical infrastructure
- Water Divisions Operations
- Consists of
- Treatment;B Testing programs;B 85 miles of water main system; 5 wells;B 3 reservoirs;B 5 pressure reducing stations;B Beavercreek Watershed
- Consists of
- City of La Grande Aquatics
- Oversees veterans memorial swimming pool
- Public Works Water Division
- Staff maintains a water system that complies with EPA and Division of Health requirements
- Pp 43-46B (in the document) show some of the expenses associated with providing and treating water
- Also maintain the watershed collection system and wastewater treatment facilities to meet DEQ standards
- Provide sewer and water line construction
- Two pipelines skirt La Grande through Union County
- One carrying gas
- One carrying hazardous waste
- Backflow Prevention Device
- Required by law
- Details
- Basalt Aquifer
- Provides a large proportion of irrigation water
- Maps: regional aquifers, geohydrology
- Hydrogeologic data sparse for Eastern Oregon
- Public Water Systems
- Water Divisions Operations
- Use, consumption, stakeholders, etc.
- Consumption for La Grande:
| Year | Volume | Year | Volume |
| 2008 | 729.00 | 2014 | 730.25 |
| 2009 | 720.24 | 2015 | 713.14 |
| 2010 | 700.15 | 2016 | 720.97 |
| 2011 | 680.33 | 2017 | 703.56 |
| 2012 | 821.04 | 2018 | 714.18 |
| 2013 | 717.03 | ||
Source: La Grande Public Works, State Water Resources Dept. (volume in millions of gallons);B From five well sites (two of these are 2400 ft in depth) | |||
- Categories of use (industrial, commercial, agricultural, residential ….)
Organizational infrastructure
- Agencies (federal, state, local, non-profit ….)
- NRCS (National Resources Conservation Services)
- Grande Ronde Model Watershed
- Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlilfe
- Oregon Water Resources Department (data & maps)
- Oregon Dept. of Forestry
- Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
- US Dept. of Agriculture Farm Service Agency
- US Forest Service (Wallowa-Whitman Nat’l Forest)
- Greater Hells Canyon Council
- City Government (but a small organizational slice of the pie!)
- Engineering Division
- Water Division
- Planning Division (document on flood plains)
- Billing (water rates)
- Public Works
- Decision making (what agencies/entities are involved? At what levels of government?
- Key issues (climate change, fire, drought, flooding, water rights, etc.)? We need to work on this category more …
