Institute for Water and Watersheds

Water-related Tutorials, Websites and Databases Developed at OSU

• Water Resources Graduate Program Theses
• Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database - Maps and documents related to freshwater treaties and management.
• OSU Extension Catalog - Tens of publications on water-related topics including water-wise gardening, water and agricultural economics and salmon lesson guides.
• OSU Well Water Program - Basic information for private well owners.
• Oregon Explorer - A digital library of Oregon natural resources information and maps.
• Willamette Water 2100 - A research project on future water demand in the Willamette Basin.
• Streamflow Tutorial - Step-by-step guidance for analysis of stream gage records and other hydrology basics.
• Oak Creek - Archive of research carried out in OSU's home watershed before 2002.
• OSU Water Research Publications - Includes publications from the Oregon Water Resources Research Institute 1960-2000.

Fact Sheets, White Papers and Maps

(many developed by IWW undergraduate and graduate students)

• Oregon Water Atlas (2017) - Tens of visually attractive maps of Oregon water features including dams, groundwater, rivers, watershed councils and a variety of related features.  http://oregonwater.info
• Hydrogeography of Arsenic: Harney County (2015) - View PDF
• Arsenic in Well Water (2015) - View PDF
• Cyanobacterial Harmful Algae Blooms (CHABs) (2013) - View PDF
• Water and Climate in the Pacific Northwest (2012) - View PDF
• Bottled Water in Oregon (2012) - View PDF
• Oregon's Water Markets (2012) - View PDF
• Turning Water into Wine, Efficiently! (2012) - View PDF
• PicoHydro Electric Generators (2012) - View PDF
• Willamette River Water Quality Map (2008) -   map front (PDF)map back (PDF)

Primers on Oregon Water

• The Oregon Water Handbook: A Guide to Water and Water Management by Rick Bastasch (OSU Press)
• Water Rights in Oregon: An Introduction to Oregon's Water Laws (Oregon Water Resources Department)
• Oregon's Integrated Water Resources Strategy (Oregon Water Resources Department, 2017)
• Oregon's 100 Year Water Vision (2019)
• Oregon's Water (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
• The Clean Water Act: Fundamentals and Effects on Forestry - Presenter: Jay O'Laughlin, Professor of Forestry & Policy Sciences and Director, Policy Analysis Group, College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho (OSU College of Forestry, 2012 Starker Lecture)