Or. Admin. Code § 690-600-0050

Current through Register Vol. 64, No. 1, January 1, 2025

Section 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.

Or. Admin. Code § 690-600-0050

WRD 1-2008, f. 6-4-08, cert. ef. 6-6-08

Stat. Auth.: ORS 536.027

Stats. Implemented: 2008 OL Ch. 13