The Santiam Water Control District (SWCD) received funding through a Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART grant to develop and implement a Drought Contingency Plan for the North Santiam Watershed.
Grant funds are being used to contract with GSI Water Solutions and subcontractor David Evans and Associates to help develop this much needed plan.
A stakeholder task force has recently been formed to help develop the watershed scale drought plan.
Partners of the DCP Plan are currently in the process of updating the document. For information on the Draft DCP Plan Update – Work Plan (as of May, 2023), click here.
North Santiam Drought Planning Partners:
Santiam Water Control District
City of Salem
City of Stayton
Linn Soil & Water Conservation District
Marion County
Marion Soil & Water Conservation District
Norpac Foods, Inc.
North Santiam Watershed Council
Oregon Department of Agriculture
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
Oregon Department of Forestry
North Santiam Drought Contingency Plan
Prepared for
North Santiam Watershed
Drought Contingency Plan Task Force
April 2018
Prepared by
GSI Water Solution, Inc.
David Evans and Associates, Inc.
Upcoming Meetings:
Please join us for the next Drought Contingency Plan (DCP) update meeting on Thursday, March 28 at 11:00 am on Zoom to address feedback on the Vulnerability Assessment Element of the DCP. This element assists with evaluating the potential impacts of drought on resources and assets within the North Santiam watershed. Partners will be looking at what is at risk when the next drought occurs, and this will be the foundation for helping identify mitigation and response actions that protect what stakeholders care about most.
Past Working Group Meetings for Drought Contingency Plan – Update:
Archived Drought Planning Task Force Meeting Materials:
January 7, 2016 – Drought Contingency Planning (DCP) Kick Off Meeting
April 25, 2016 – DCP Monitoring Framework Work Group Planning Meeting 1
April 28, 2016 – DCP Vulnerability Assessment Work Group Planning Meeting 1
May 12, 2016 – North Santiam Basin Summit
May 23, 2016 – DCP Monitoring Framework Work Group Planning Meeting 2
May 26, 2016 – DCP Vulnerability Assessment Work Group Planning Meeting 2
June 22, 2016 – DCP Task Force Meeting
August 17, 2016 – DCP Response Action Work Group Planning Meeting 1
August 24, 2016 – DCP Mitigation Action Work Group Planning Meeting 1
September 20, 2016 – DCP Response Action Work Group Meeting 2
September 27, 2016 – DCP Mitigation Action Work Group Meeting 2