Oregon’s Integrated Water Resources Strategy (IWRS)

The IWRS Update

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.

A draft of the IWRS is anticipated to be released for public review and comment in early 2024. The draft will be available from this webpage, or you can be notified when a draft is available through GovDelivery. Please sign up for the IWRS topic in GovDelivery by clicking the button below.

Public outreach and engagement was conducted in May and June of 2023, in partnership with Oregon's Kitchen Table. Here is a link to the Oregon's Kitchen Table Summary Reports that describe the outcomes of the engagement.

A survey of interagency staff was completed in April 2023. Here is a link to the summary of the survey results.

Thank you to all who participated in the community conversations and filled out our survey! 

The 2017 IWRS Report PDFs