In 2016, the Santiam Water Control District (SWCD) received funding through a Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART grant to develop and implement a Drought Contingency Plan (DCP) for the North Santiam Watershed.
This funding opportunity allowed SWCD to contract with GSI Water Solutions and subcontractor David Evans and Associates to help develop this much needed plan. A stakeholder task force was formed to help develop the watershed scale drought plan. With the finalizing of the Drought Contingency Plan in 2018, the document covered six elements of drought.
Today, members of the original planning team, and new watershed partners are convening to review the process of updating the Drought Contingency Plan document with another opportunity from Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART grant funding. 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 for DCP Updates:
Please join us for the next Drought Contingency Plan (DCP) update meeting on: May 22, 2024, from 10-11:30am via Zoom. We will be covering the overview of the plan, updates on the drought monitoring element, as well as the vulnerability assessment.
Click here for the May meeting agenda
Click here for access to the May meeting Zoom link
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