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.

OWRD is leading the process to update the IWRS in 2023 and is partnering with Oregon’s Kitchen Table, a program of the National Policy Consensus Center at Portland State University. Oregon’s Kitchen Table specializes in community engagement, particularly focused on communities who have not been engaged with in the past. 
 

How Can You Get Involved?
The OWRD IWRS website will be updated with links to the survey and information about the community events later this year. You can also sign up at Oregon's Kitchen's Table to get notified about the survey, activities, and events here.

Oregon’s Kitchen Table will be facilitating 7 Regional Community Conversations, located across the state. We will be joined by staff from other state agencies to hear from you about your current water challenges, potential solutions, and ways to continue our dialogue about water. 
 

Sign up here: 
English - https://bit.ly/water-conversations  
Spanish - https://bit.ly/reunión-agua  

Seaside – May 11, 6–8 p.m.

Bob Chisolm Community Center

1225 Avenue A, Seaside, OR 97138

Hermiston – May 16, 6–8 p.m. 

Hermiston Community Center

415 S. Hwy 395, Hermiston, OR 97838

John Day – May 17, 6–8 p.m.

Canyon City Community Hall

123 Washington St., Canyon City, OR 97820 

Roseburg – May 23, 6–8 p.m. 

Aviva Health Conference Room

150 N.E. Kenneth Ford Dr., Roseburg, OR 97470

(Located on second floor, has an elevator)

Corvallis – May 24, 6–8 p.m.

Tunison Community Room

35 S.W. Tunison Ave., Corvallis, OR 97333

Madras – June 7, 6–8 p.m. 

COCC Community Room

1170 E. Ashwood Rd., Madras, OR 97741

Ontario – June 8, 6:30–8:30 p.m.

Ontario Community Library Meeting Room

388 S.W. 2nd Ave., Ontario, OR 97914

Public Survey
Please fill out the survey here: https://bit.ly/oregonswater