1. (1) Project planning studies eligible for funding under the Program may include:

   1. (a) Analyses of hydrological refill capacity;
   2. (b) Water needs analyses;
   3. (c) Refined hydrological analyses;
   4. (d) Engineering and financial feasibility studies;
   5. (e) Geologic analyses;
   6. (f) Water exchange studies;
   7. (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;
   8. (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;
   9. (i) Analyses of environmental harm or impacts from a proposed water conservation, reuse or storage project;
   10. (j) Analyses of public benefits accruing from a proposed water conservation, reuse or storage project;
   11. (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;
   12. (l) Hydrological analyses of a proposed water conservation, reuse or storage project, including the anticipated effects of climate change on hydrological refill capacity; and
   13. (m) Analyses of potential water quality impacts of the project.

2. (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:

   1. (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;
   2. (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;
   3. (c) Analyses of environmental harm or impacts from the proposed storage project;
   4. (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
   5. (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.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 536.027

Statutes/Other Implemented

2008 OL Ch. 13

History

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