Download or read book Municipal Water Supplies from Forest Watersheds in Oregon written by Paul W. Adams and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Trees to Tap written by Jon A. Souder and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-10 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FORESTS PRODUCE ECONOMIC BENEFITS such as timber, forest products and jobs. They also provide wildlife habitat, recreation, carbon storage and clean water. In fact, most of Oregon's drinking water is sourced from our forests. But logging, forest road building, using herbicides and other activities related to growing and harvesting timber can impact the quality and quantity of water. Oregon State University scientists examine these links in this comprehensive look at watershed health.

Download or read book Water Sources and Watershed Protection Problems of Oregon Municipalities written by Oregon State Planning Board and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Municipal Watershed Sourcebook written by Oregon. State Water Resources Board and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Oregon Watersheds written by Barry T. Hill and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1999-06 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes: (1) the human activities that may have contributed to the high turbidity levels in western Oregon's municipal watersheds in Feb. 1996, & (2) the efforts under way by federal, state, local, & private land managers & owners, as well as the affected cities, to ensure safe drinking water during future storms. The review is limited to five municipal watersheds -- those serving the cities of Cottage Grove, Eugene, Portland, Salem, & Sandy. Contains recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture & of the Interior designed to increase the efficiency & effectiveness of efforts to improve water quality & ensure safe drinking water for cities in western Oregon.

Download or read book Municipal Water Source Turbidities Following Timber Harvest and Road Construction in Western Oregon written by Jeffrey D. Grizzel and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many municipalities throughout western Oregon rely upon forested watersheds as a source for domestic water supply. These watersheds are commonly managed by state or federal agencies or private corporations for timber production. Activities related to forest management within municipal watersheds have the potential to adversely affect water quality. Timber harvesting and/or road construction operations may accelerate rates of surface and/or mass soil erosion and subsequent stream sedimentation. This study investigated the effects which timber harvesting and road construction operations had on source water turbidity levels within 13 municipal watersheds throughout western Oregon. Turbidity records were obtained from municipal water treatment facilities and ranged from 5.1 to 16.9 years in length. Information regarding forest land use activities which occurred during 1980-91 was obtained from Oregon Department of Forestry records. An analysis of turbidity residuals before, during and after known timber harvesting and/or road construction operations indicates that forest land use alone did not result in sustained increases in turbidity levels. In some cases, forest operations apparently exacerbated the effects of a severe storm which occurred along the northern Oregon Coast during January of 1990. Mass soil movements occurring in two watersheds as a result of the storm led to large, but short-term increases in turbidity levels. The source of increased turbidities not associated with the 1990 storm could not be identified due to a lack of information regarding sediment sources and transport processes. A second analysis was performed which quantified the level of disturbance resulting from forest operations occurring during each year of record. Mean water year turbidity and the mean of the 10 highest water year turbidities were regressed against the disturbance level for all watersheds. Disturbance levels were based on the type and areal extent of forest operations. Simple linear regression analyses indicate that the relationship between turbidity and disturbance level over the range of data encountered was insignificant ([alpha] = 0.05). Impoundments located within the surface water system of many of the study watersheds affected turbidity levels. By acting as a settling basin for sediment particles, impoundments reduced turbidity levels when municipal intakes were located within the structures. Mean turbidity, the standard deviation in turbidity, and the mean of the 10 highest turbidities were all inversely related to impoundment volume. Although the results of this study indicate that forest operations were not a direct casual factor leading to increased source water turbidity levels, any forest management activity has the potential to negatively affect stream water quality. Monitoring efforts designed to investigate the effects of forest land use on water quality should be implemented with a set of predetermined objectives and methods to ensure reliable results.

Download or read book The Oregon Water Handbook written by Rick Bastasch and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This in-depth examination of water law and management in Oregon provides a compelling perspective on a major environmental issues in the American West--the region's diminishing water supply. Bastasch offers thorough yet accessible explanations of a variety of water issues and controversies, bringing focus and clarity to a murky, complex subject. From Oregonians seeking interesting facts about their state's water riches to water specialists and users in need of a handy reference to Oregon's water law, the handbook offers a key to understanding how we use this precious and scarce resource.

Download or read book Drinking Water from Forests and Grasslands written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sweet Mountain Water written by Frank Mauldin and published by Oak Savanna Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Oregon s Commercial Forests written by George Wilcox Peavy and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Oregon Watersheds written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Watershed Control for Water Quality Management written by and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hydrogeologic Setting and Preliminary Estimates of Hydrologic Components for Bull Run Lake and the Bull Run Lake Drainage Basin Multnomah and Clackamas Counties Oregon written by Daniel T. Snyder and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Official Proceedings written by Oregon State Board of Forestry and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Waters of Oregon written by Rick Bastasch and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Waters of Oregon, Rick Bastasch offers a timely overview of how water is managed in Oregon. His in-depth examination of Oregon's water law provides a compelling, often provocative perspective on a major environmental issue in the American West - the region's diminishing water supply. Waters of Oregon will be valuable to a range of readers, from Oregonians seeking interesting facts about their state's water riches to water specialists and users in need of a handy reference to Oregon's water law.

Download or read book Protecting Sources of Drinking Water written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Forest Hydrology written by Mingteh Chang and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2006-05-25 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description