OAR 690-600-0050
Eligible Project Planning Studies

(1)

Project planning studies eligible for funding under the Program may include:

(a)

Analyses of hydrological refill capacity;

(b)

Water needs analyses;

(c)

Refined hydrological analyses;

(d)

Engineering and financial feasibility studies;

(e)

Geologic analyses;

(f)

Water exchange studies;

(g)

Analyses of by-pass, optimum peak, flushing and other ecological flows of the affected stream and the impact of a proposed water conservation, reuse or storage project on those flows;

(h)

Comparative analyses of alternative means of supplying water, including but not limited to the costs and benefits of conservation and efficiency alternatives and the extent to which long-term water supply needs may be met using those alternatives;

(i)

Analyses of environmental harm or impacts from a proposed water conservation, reuse or storage project;

(j)

Analyses of public benefits accruing from a proposed water conservation, reuse or storage project;

(k)

Fiscal analyses of a proposed water conservation, reuse or storage project, including estimated project costs, financing for the project and projected financial returns from the project;

(l)

Hydrological analyses of a proposed water conservation, reuse or storage project, including the anticipated effects of climate change on hydrological refill capacity; and

(m)

Analyses of potential water quality impacts of the project.

(2)

If a planning study concerns a proposed storage project that would impound surface water on a perennial stream or divert water from a stream that supports sensitive, threatened or endangered fish or divert more than 500 acre-feet of surface water annually; grant funding may be provided only if the study contains:

(a)

Analyses of by-pass, optimum peak, flushing and other ecological flows of the affected stream and the impact of the storage project on those flows;

(b)

Comparative analyses of alternative means of supplying water, including but not limited to the costs and benefits of conservation and efficiency alternatives and the extent to which long-term water supply needs may be met using those alternatives;

(c)

Analyses of environmental harm or impacts from the proposed storage project;

(d)

Evaluation of the need for and feasibility of using stored water to augment in-stream flows to conserve, maintain and enhance aquatic life, fish life and any other ecological values; and

(e)

For a proposed storage project that is for municipal use, analysis of local and regional water demand and the proposed storage projects relationship to existing and planned water supply projects.

Source: Rule 690-600-0050 — Eligible Project Planning Studies, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=690-600-0050.

Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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