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Oregon’s Integrated Water Resources Strategy (IWRS)

Oregon's IWRS provides a statewide inter-agency framework for better understanding and meeting Oregon's instream and out-of-stream water needs. Oregon's Water Resources Commission adopted the first IWRS in 2012 and the second in 2017. Oregon Revised Statute (536.220) requires that the IWRS is updated every 5 years. 

Upcoming Public Meeting 

The State will be hosting a public meeting on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 to receive feedback on draft agency priorities. You can attend the meeting in person or virtually.Please sign up here. 

Draft IWRS Schedule 

The State released Draft 1 of the 2024 IWRS in March 2024. The Governor's Office asked for a delay in releasing Draft 2 to accommodate input from several new agency directors. The Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, and Water Resources Department all hired new directors in the summer of 2024.  

In the last few months, the Governor's Office has met several times with six agency directors (Department of Agriculture, Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Department of Land Conservation and Development, Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, and Water Resources Department) to discuss water action priorities. These priorities will be reflected in Draft 2 of the 2024 IWRS, targeted for release in January 2025.

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2024 IWRS Draft 1 Public Comments
 

View public comments received for Draft 1 of the 2024 IWRS: 

Agency Responses (coming soon) 

Revised 2024 IWRS Draft 1.5 Framework 

The IWRS Project Team has developed a revised 2024 IWRS Framework based on public feedback of Draft 1. This Framework is proposed to be included in Draft 2, scheduled for release in early 2025. 

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2024 IWRS Draft 1 (left) Call to Action (right), and Framework (below).

Clickable image link for the IWRS Strategy PDFCall to Action 03_2024.jpgClickable image link for the IWRS Framework PDF 

For reference, the previous version of the IWRS, in both English and Spanish, are linked below.

2017 IWRS (left) and framework (right).

A photo of the cover page of the Integrated Water Resouces Strategy PublicationA photo of the Integrated Water Resources Strategy Framework Page

2017 IWRS estrategia en español
Una copia en PDF del estrategia integrade de recursos hidricos de Oregon en espanol

To receive updates about the IWRS, please sign up for govDelivery email notifications here: 

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For more information contact:
  • Email the IWRS Project Team
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