The Southern Willamette Valley Groundwater Management Area (GWMA) Action Plan has been finalized and will now serve to guide activities aimed at reducing nitrate contamination in the area's groundwater.
View or Print the GWMA Action Plan
The complete Action Plan is 90 pages with a considerable number of pages containing either color photos or diagrams. You can download the PDF file (3.6 MB) to view, print, or save to your computer for future use.
Action Plan History
Developing the Draft Document
At the May 25, 2006 meeting, the GWMA Committee reviewed a draft of the Action Plan compiled by Lane Council of Governments and made recommendations for final revisions. The Action Plan is based upon recommendations from the four working groups that had been previously approved by the GWMA Committee. These working group reports are on their respective web pages: Agricultural, Commercial/Industrial, Public Drinking Water & Residential. The Public Review version of the Action Plan was completed by Lane Council of Governments in August 2006.
Public Meetings and Comment on the Draft GWMA Action Plan
D.E.Q. and other groups will hosted several meetings in October 2006 where the public could earn about the GWMA Action Plan, have their well water screened for nitrate, and submit written or oral comments for the record. Public comments were accepted until November 7, 2006.
Finalizing the GWMA Action Plan
A GWMA Committee meeting was held November 9, 2006 in Harrisburg. At that meeting, the committee reviewed the public comments and recommended a few changes to the Draft GWMA Action Plan. GWMA staff ware instructed to make the recommended minor changes and then forward the document to DEQ for their approval. DEQ staff approved the Action Plan as submitted in December 2006.
You may also download the Action Plan and other GWMA documents from the DEQ website at http://www.deq.state.or.us/wq/groundwa/swvgw.htm