Harney Basin Groundwater Study

The Harney Basin Groundwater Study is a cooperative study between WRD and the US Geological Survey. The Work Plan was finalized in December 2016 and released to the public in January 2017. The groundwater study technical team started work in spring 2016 in anticipation of the study. The final, peer-reviewed report is due at the end of 2020.

Click on the links below to access documents or websites associated with the Groundwater Study:

• Open File Reports
  • OFR 2021-01 Generalized Geologic Compilation Map of the Harney Basin
  • OFR 2021-01 Map Plate
  • OFR 2021-01 GIS Data
  • OFR 2021-02: Historical Irrigation Water Use and Groundwater Pumpage Estimates in the Harney Basin, Oregon
  • OFR 2021-02: Harney Basin Metric Geodatabase
  • OFR 2021-03 Methods and Results for Estimating Groundwater Pumped, Returned, and Consumed for Non-Irrigation Uses in the Harney Basin, Oregon
    
  • OFR 2021-04: Methods and Results for Estimating the Hydraulic Characteristics of the Subsurface Materials in the Harney Basin, Oregon
  
  
• 2016 Groundwater Study Work Plan
• 2018 Groundwater Study Work Plan Updates Memo
• USGS-WRD Harney Basin Data Mapper
• WRD Groundwater Information System
• USGS Harney Basin Groundwater Study Website
• Past Studies and Documents
• 2015 Memo on Harney Permitted Groundwater Rights and Groundwater Budget
• 2015 WRD Staff Report to the Water Resources Commission
• 2015 WRD Presentation to the Water Resources Commission