Oregon Water Resources Grants Public Comment Period Open

Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) published its Technical Review Team’s recommendations for funding and is inviting public comment on the funding recommendations.

View the Recommendations.

Projects in the MCEDD region which received a technical review team recommendation for funding include:

$1.6M for Dee Flat Water Conservation Project
$1M The Dalles Municipal Watershed Dog River Pipeline Replacement Project

In the MCEDD region, one project was just below the recommended funding line by the review team:

Mosier Deep Water Supply Well (request of $671,724)

OWRD invites written public comment on the Technical Review Team (TRT) application ranking and funding recommendation for the 2018 cycle of Water Project Grants and Loans. The deadline for comments is 5:00pm on September 21, 2018. Click here for more information. Written comments may be submitted to:

Grant Program Coordinator

725 Summer Street NE, Suite A

Salem, Oregon 97301

WRD_DL_waterprojects@oregon.gov

After reviewing public comments, the Department will present a funding recommendation for consideration and approval by the Water Resources Commission. The tentative date for the Commission to make its funding decision is

November 16-17, 2018.

Mid Columbia Economic Development District strives to promote the creation of family-wage jobs, the diversification of the economic base, and the growth, development and retention of business and industry in Hood River, Wasco, Sherman, Klickitat and Skamania Counties

MCEDD is organized as a government non-profit in Oregon as an ORS-190 and in Washington through RCW 39.34.010.

Oregon Water Resources Grants Public Comment Period Open

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