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March 2019
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  • Oregon State University News
  • Oregon Water Events
  • Oregon Water News

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Oregon State University News
The 9th Annual Pacific Northwest Water Resource Symposium hosted by the Oregon State University Hydrophiles' will take place April 8-9, 2019 at CH2M Hill Alumni Center on Oregon State University's main campus. The symposium "aims to connect individuals, build skills, and share knowledge between students, university faculty, staff, and professionals."

Registration and attendance is free. To register, click here
For a list of thee keynote speakers click here
To view the program at a glance, click here

 
Bahman Abbasi, a professor at OSU-Cascades, was awarded $2.97 million by the U.S. Department of Energy for research on treating hydraulic fracturing wastewater.

“By extracting clean and reusable grey water from the contaminated water, we can reduce damaging public health and environmental impacts of reinjecting or storing untreated, contaminated water,” Abbasi said.
Oregon Water Events
What: The Department of State (Department) will hold a Town Hall meeting, co-hosted by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, in Kalispell, Montana, to discuss the modernization of the Columbia River Treaty (CRT) regime.

When: March 20, 2019, from 5:30 p.m. to approximately 7:00 p.m., Mountain Time

Where: Red Lion Hotel Grand Ballroom, 20 S Main St., Suite 150, Kalispell, MT 59901

For more information, click here
The Columbia Basin Transboundary Conference will take place September 12-14, 2019 in British Columbia. It will "foster the exchange of technical and scientific data, historical and political information, and cultural knowledge from both sides of the border, as well as provide opportunities for cross-border collaboration." Themes range from International water governance issues to Reintroduction of salmon to the Columbia River.

Click here to register for the conference
Oregon Water News
"Western Oregon has been relatively dry this winter, just as it was throughout 2018, keeping snow levels there below where state water officials would like to see them. As winter falls away, snow in the Cascades melts and feeds the state’s lakes, rivers and streams just as precipitation typically becomes scarce."
"In response to concerns expressed by the Deschutes County Commission, the Oregon Water Resources Department investigated 11 marijuana growers near Tumalo during the summer of 2018. Central Oregon Watermaster Jeremy Giffin, who conducted the investigation, concluded the handful of growing operations that had gotten up and running in the area had a very small impact on the overall decline in groundwater levels."
“If people are drinking water that’s connected to the watershed being polluted, especially since these compounds are not regulated, and people who are on private wells don’t have their water tested regularly, then there is potentially very high risk,” Hu said.
“We’d originally ruled it out because of concerns about dam safety,” Conning said. “But following the response from the public — and after more fully understanding the major impacts downstream — we began really studying the best way to do construction without drawing down the reservoir.”
“The weather over the next few months will greatly affect the summer water supply story for this year, but the current trajectory is looking positive for the state’s streams and rivers,” the agency said in its March 1 report.
Edited by Kei Lin Chang
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