Or. Admin. Code § 690-506-0020 - Policies
The waters of the John Day River Basin provide the public with important economic, social, and environmental benefits:
(1) In managing the surface and ground waters
of the basin the Water Resources Commission shall encourage:
(a) Increases in crop production lands
through:
(A) Better seasonal distribution of
streamflows;
(B) Protection of
ground water quality and quantity; and
(C) Water conservation.
(b) Enhancement of wild anadromous fish
production and resident fish production through:
(A) Better seasonal distribution of
streamflows;
(B) Water
conservation;
(C) Protection and
improvement of riparian areas; and
(D) Maintenance of instream flows.
(c) Provision of adequate water
supplies for livestock and wildlife through:
(A) Better seasonal distribution of
streamflows;
(B) Protection of
ground water quality and quantity; and
(C) Water conservation.
(d) Enhancement of water-related tourism and
recreation opportunities, especially on lakes and reservoirs, the scenic
waterway, and major streams through:
(A)
Better seasonal distribution of streamflows;
(B) Water conservation;
(C) Protection and improvement of riparian
areas; and
(D) Maintenance of
instream flows.
(e)
Maintenance of adequate water quality and quantity for projected domestic,
industrial, and municipal growth through:
(A)
Better seasonal distribution of streamflows;
(B) Protection of ground water quality and
quantity;
(C) Water conservation;
and
(D) Protection and improvement
of riparian areas.
(f)
Development of storage reservoirs that are beneficial to anadromous fish and
other uses.
(2) The
Commission shall:
(a) Allow water use for
mining purposes employing practices which do not interfere significantly with
other uses;
(b) Prohibit power
development where proposed hydroelectric projects damage wild anadromous fish
or resident game fish, or harm other resource values beyond
mitigation.
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