WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
Do you have a question regarding your Water Rights, Groundwater, Well Water, Streams, or Dams?
Check out the Water Resources Department!
Here, you can locate your local Watermaster to assist you with:
- Well water testing
- Conduct streamflow measurements and maintain gaging stations
- Conduct well inspections and collect groundwater level data
- Perform routine dam safety inspections
- Assist in stream recovery efforts
- Provide landowners with information on water rights and Oregon Water Law and mediate disputes between water users
The Watermaster's Office is part of the Field Services Division of OWRD. There are twenty Watermaster Districts statewide, organized into five regions.
The Watermaster functions as a local contact for landowners, elected officials, watershed councils, and other local, state, and federal government agencies.