Umatilla County
Critical Groundwater
Solutions Taskforce Outreach
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Contact Information
E-mail: ucgst@co.umatilla.or.us Phone 541-276-711 Umatilla County 216 SE 4th St. Pendleton, OR 97801
Links
2005 Water Management Plan Goals and
Principles
Oregon Water Resources Depatrment
Umatilla Basin Watershed Council
Location
Umatilla County Courthouse
216 SE Fourth Street
Pendleton, Or 97801
Info:541-276-7111
Courts:541-278-0341
The Courthouse is open 8 am. to 5 pm. Mon. through Fri.
Outreach
The Critical
Groundwater Taskforce has teamed up with the
Oregon
State University Institute for
Water and Watersheds to provide
educational materials about groundwater in the Umatilla Basin. Below
are links to resources - material will be added throughout Fall 2006.
Please note that documents are saved in PDF format - to open them you
will need to download and install the free program Adobe
Reader. The photo on the right is of Todd Jarvis using the
groundwater model.
Outreach Opportunities and Materials:
- Interactive Presentation About
Groundwater - Bring a groundwater model (equiped with a
professional hydrologist) to your classroom or meeting! The
presentation helps participants visualize how groundwater moves and is
stored underground. Read details in this flyer - UmatillaGroundwaterDemo.pdf
(29k) or read thank you letters from a participating classrooms (McKay_Creek_Elementary.pdf (900k);
Ione.pdf (688k)).
- Overview Poster about the
Umatilla County Critical Groundwater
Task Force - Download here: UmatillaOverviewPoster_Summer2006.pdf
(Please note: this poster is designed to be printed on paper 11"x17".)
- Umatilla Basin Water Chronology - This historical chronology describes critical events and decisions that have impacted water usage in the Umatilla Basin since 1855. The chronology was prepared by water historian Dr. Catherine Howells. Download here: UmatillaChronology_March2006.pdf .
- Conceptual Hydrogeologic Model of the Umatilla Sub-Basin - This three dimensional block diagram depicts changes in the elevation of the groundwater table. Download here: Umatilla_3-D.pdf (1.6MB)
- Public Service Radio Ad -
Download a 30 second radio ad about declining groundwater levels in the
Umatilla Basin. The file is in mp3 format - you will need an audio
player such as iTunes or Windows Media Player to listen to this file.
Download here: sprinker2_1-2.mp3
(573 k)
Umatilla_Ad2_v2.mp3 (1.182M)
Sketch of the Umatilla Basin hydrogeology, courtesy of Kate Ely, hydrologist with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla.