Sustaining a Precious Resource - One of the top priorities of the Clackamas River Water Providers is to protect our water resources.  With the formalization of the new organization not only will water quality and watershed issued continue to be addressed but our expanded conservation efforts will make sure that we are using this resource as sustainably as possible.

The water providers in the Clackamas River Basin have been working together on various water resource issues for more than a decade spending approximately $1million dollars over the past ten years on watershed related projects.  The group funded a major portion of the watershed assessment and jointly funded with the US Geologic Service the first pesticide study in the basin. The water providers also funded work on algal studies, and in 2001 installed a stream gauge to determine the actual flows in the river. Funding for the maintenance of the stream gauge continues today and into the future.

More recently these projects have included working with Portland State University to develop a dynamic model of stream flows in the lower river, partnering with USGS on water quality monitoring stations and flow balance studies on the lower river, as well as providing ongoing financial support to the Clackamas River Basin Council in support of their water quality related projects.

One of the most recent efforts includes the just released USGS Pesticide Report "Pesticide Occurrence and Distribution in the Lower Clackamas River Basin, Oregon, 2000-2005”.  Joint studies such as this report allow water providers to get a better sense of where problems are and how to best address these issues.  As a result of this most recent study the Clackamas River Water Providers are working with the Clackamas Basin River Council to specifically target riverside landowners for public education and outreach efforts regarding pesticide use.  This includes development and distribution of an informational brochure, a survey of pesticide use, and workshops for landowner on how to reduce pesticide use. 

The Clackamas River Water Providers were also one of the sucessful grant recipients of the Oregon Water Resource Department's Oregon Water Supply and Conservation Initiative grants.  The grant will be used to further the water providers modeling efforts on the Clackamas River.

By working together and partnering with other organizations in the basin we are working to improve river health.  Find out more about our water source or about our watershed and water quality programs. 

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