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2018 Water Project Grants and Loans Applications
Due by 5:00pm on April 25, 2018
UPDATED APPLICATION MATERIALS AVAILABLE
Click here to download the 2018 application, instructions, and other important documents.
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In 2013, the Oregon Legislature approved Senate Bill 839 establishing the Water Supply Development Account to provide loans and grants for water development projects that have economic, environmental and social/cultural benefits. The Oregon Water Resources Department may award loans and grants to evaluate, plan and develop instream and out-of-stream water development projects approved by the Water Resources Commission. Grants will require a 25 percent cost-share match, which may include in-kind contributions.
Eligible projects include: conservation, reuse, above-ground storage, below-ground storage, streamflow protection or restoration, water distribution, conveyance or delivery systems, and other water resource development projects that result in economic, environmental, and social/cultural public benefits.
Click here to see the Administrative Rules pertaining to this program.
2018 Application Cycle and Application Resources
Applications for the 2018 cycle of Water Project Grants and Loans are due by 5:00pm on April 25, 2018.
Click here to access the application, application instructions, Guidance on the Evaluation of Public Benefits, and other resources.
Oregon Water Resources Department
Attention: Grant Program Coordinator
725 Summer Street NE, Suite A
Salem, OR 97301
In December 2017, the Water Resources Commission funded four projects listed in the table below.
| Project Name |
Project Type |
County |
Funds Awarded |
Total Cost of Project |
| North Fork Sprague Conservation Piping and Instream Flow Restoration |
Conservation; Flow Restoration and Protection; Water Infrastructure |
Klamath |
$2,731,746 |
$3,875,000 |
| Powder Valley Connector |
Conservation; Water Infrastructure |
Union |
$1,076,000 |
$1,440,000 |
| Opal Springs Fish Passage and Pool Raise |
Flow Restoration and Protection; Water Infrastructure |
Jefferson |
$1,550,486 |
$10,720,486 |
| Coe Branch Pipeline & On-Farm Irrigation Efficiency Project |
Conservation; Water Infrastrcture |
Hood River |
$924,000 |
$1,680,105 |
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Total |
$6,282,232 |
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Click here to view a full list of applications received and to access copies of the applications.
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The Department solicited grant applications from August 28, 2015 through January 19, 2016. During that time the Department received thirty seven complete applications requesting $50,959,520 of project funding. A Technical Review Team (TRT) reviewed and evaluated each application based on eighteen public benefits in three categories: economic, environmental and social/cultural. The TRT ranking provided a basis for the funding recommendations made to the Water Resources Commission at their May 2016 meeting. For the 2016 Funding Cycle, the Commission funded the nine projects listed in the table below.
| Project Name |
Project Type |
County |
Funds Awarded |
Total Cost of Project |
| Tumalo Feed Canal Conservation Phase 5 (PDF) |
Water Conservation |
Deschutes |
$1,299,968 |
$3,407,155 |
| Highline Canal Pipeline (PDF) |
Water Conservation |
Hood River |
$566,299 |
$784,699 |
| Kingsley Reservoir Expansion and Lowline Pipeline Project (PDF) |
Storage/Water Conservation |
Hood River |
$3,000,000 |
$4,241,000 |
| Sun Creek Restoration And Irrigation Efficiency (PDF) |
Flow Restoration |
Klamath |
$249,867 |
$552,734 |
| Klamath East Side Water Recycling Project (PDF) |
Drainage Water Reuse |
Klamath |
$268,673 |
$358,231 |
| Willow Creek Piping Irrigation Laterals (PDF) |
Water Conservation |
Malheur |
$500,355 |
$785,143 |
| Beaver Creek Dam Fish Passage and Flow Restoration (PDF) |
Municipal Water Supply |
Union |
$600,000 |
$1,125,700 |
| Lostine River Conservation Project (PDF) |
Water Conservation |
Wallowa |
$1,488,718 |
$2,132,575 |
| Mosier Deep Water Supply Well (PDF) |
New Groundwater Supply Development |
Wasco |
$917,238 |
$1,225,013 |
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Total |
$8,891,118 |
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Click here to access the Water Resources Development Program Forms and Guidance page for Water Project Grants and Loans reporting forms and other guidance for grant and loan recipients.
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For questions or more information, please contact:
Kim Ogren
Water Resources Development Program Manager
503-986-0873
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