The document discusses developing and protecting agricultural water rights in Oregon. It provides an overview of Oregon water law, including the principles of priority, beneficial use, appurtenance, and use it or lose it. It describes the types of agricultural water rights and how to obtain new water rights or make changes to existing rights. It also discusses issues to consider when evaluating existing water rights, such as reliability, availability, and shared facilities agreements.

1. DEVELOPING AND PROTECTING AGRICULTURAL WATER RIGHTS Presented by STEVEN L. SHROPSHIRE

3. “… all water within the state from all sources of water supply belongs to the public…” ORS 537.110

4. Oregon Water Law Four Fundamental Principles

8. Valid to Extent of Beneficial Purpose—No Waste

11. Agricultural Water Rights

21. Obtaining New Water Rights

22. Getting More Water What if you don’t have water rights or you have some but not all you need? 1. The Department regulates on primarily a complaint based system so it could be a while before they find out you have a problem. 2. The longer you wait to begin fixing the problem, the harder it will be to get the water rights you need. 3. Self-report and make application to rectify the problem. 4. Ask the Department for help in identifying solutions. 5. It can be very complicated. Get help from WRD and/or hire a consultant to help you.

27. Water Availability Map

40. Transactional Due Diligence Issues

46. Working with WRD

49. Water Right Section Make-Up Doing What? Staff Water Right Application Caseworkers 5 Extension Processing 3* Certificates/CWRE’s 2 Customer Service Counter 2 Support 3 Manager 1 TOTAL 16

51. Processing Secrets Application Acceptance Minimum Review Checklists Deficiency Letter Caseworker assignment Fiscal Section (Receipt) Data center (data entry/work list) Ground water section/Dam Safety File Cabinet

55. Questions Anyone?

56. Thank you for attending.