Water Conservation Resources
Indoor Water Conservation
- Rebates
- Ways to Save Your Water and Money at Home: Water Conservation for Residential Customers (PDF)
- Water Conservation Guide for Multifamily Property Managers (PDF)
- Bathroom Water Conservation: Toilet / Aerator (PDF) / Conservación del agua del baño: Inodoro / Aireador (PDF)
- Indoor / Outdoor Tip Card (PDF)
Outdoor Water Conservation
- Rebates
- Outdoor Water Conservation Tips / Weekly Watering Number (PDF)
- Water Efficient Plants for the Willamette Valley Plant Guide (PDF)
- 7 Basic Steps for Creating a Water-Efficient Landscape (PDF)
- Planting and Maintaining Your Lawn (PDF)
- How to Select Landscape Contractors (PDF)
- How to Select Irrigation Contractors (PDF)
- Irrigation Leak Tip Card (PDF)
Water Conservation for Kids & Teachers
- Junior Leak Detective (PDF) / Detective de Fugas Junior (PDF)
- Parents & Teachers Resources
- Water and You (PDF) (Kids Activity Booklet)
- What Do You Know About H2O? (PDF) (Kids Activity Booklet)
- Stickers English (PDF) / Stickers Spanish (PDF)
- Bookmark English (PDF) / Bookmark Spanish (PDF)
- Water Cycle Poster (PDF)
Emergency Preparedness Resources
How to Access Water from Your Water Heater in an Emergency
- How to Access Water from Your Water Heater in an Emergency (PDF) (English)
- (PDF) كيف تصل إلى الماء من سخان المياه لديك عند الطوارئ (Arabic)
- 如何在紧急情况下从 热水器取水 (PDF) (Chinese)
- आपातकालीन समय मेें अपने पानी के हीटर से पानी कै से प्राप््त करेें (PDF) (Hindi)
- 家庭の給湯器内の水を 使用する際の方法と手順 (PDF) (Japanese)
- ဖဲဂ့ၢ်ဂီၤအူအကတီၢ်မ့ၢ်တၢ် ကမၤန့ၢ်သူထံလၢနစဲးမၤကိၢ်ထီၣ်ထံအအိၣ်လၢကျဲဒ်လဲၣ်. (PDF) (Karen)
- របៀបយកទឹកពីម៉ាស៊ីនកម្តៅទឹកក្នុងផ្ទះរបស់អ្នកក្នុងគ្រាអាសន្ន (PDF) (Khmer/Cambodian)
- 비상 사태 시 온수기에서급수 방법 (PDF) (Korean)
- ວິທີການເຂົ້າເຖິງນຳ້ຈາກເຄື່ອງເຮັດນຳ້ອຸ່ນຂອງທ່ານໃນເວລາສຸກເສີນ (PDF) (Lao)
- आपत्कालिन अवस्थामा तपाईंको पानी हिटरबाट पानी कसरी प्रयोग गर्ने (PDF) (Nepali)
- Порядок получения доступа к воде из вашего водонагревателя в случае экстренной ситуации (PDF) (Russian)
- Sida biyaha looga helo kulaylisadaada biyaha inta lagu jiro xaalada degdeg ah (PDF) (Somali)
- Cómo acceder al agua de su calentador durante una emergencia (PDF) (Spanish)
- Cách tiếp cận nước từ máy nước nóng trong trường hợp khẩn cấp (PDF) (Vietnamese)
How to Store Emergency Water in Your Own Containers
- How to Store Emergency Water in Your Own Containers (PDF) (English)
- (PDF) في مستلزماتك للطوارئ ضع الماء (Arabic)
- 准备应急包时 别忘了储水 (PDF) (Chinese)
- पानी को अपनी आपातकालीन किट मेें शामिल कर लेें (PDF) (Hindi)
- 災害時のために 非常用 (PDF) (Japanese)
- ပၥ်ဃုၥ်ထံ လၢယဂ့ၢ်ဂီၤအူအပီးအလီအပူၤ (PDF) (Karen)
- រួួមបញ្ចូូលទឹឹកនៅក្នុុងឧបករណ៍៍ អាសន្នន របស់់អ្នន ក។ (PDF) (Khmer/Cambodian)
- 비상용품으로 물을 챙기세요 (PDF) (Korean)
- ຮວມເອົານຳ້ໃສ່ໃນຊຸດສຸກເສີນຂອງເຈົ້າ (PDF) (Lao)
- आफ्नो आपत्कालिन सामग्रीमा पानी समावेश गर्नुहोस (PDF) (Nepali)
- Добавьте воду в свой аварийный комплект (PDF) (Russian)
- biyo ku dar xirmadaada xaalada degdega ah (PDF) (Somali)
- Incluya agua en su caja de emergencia (PDF) (Spanish)
- Bao gồm nước trong bộ dụng cụ khẩn cấp của quý vị (PDF) (Vietnamese)
Emergency Preparedness Videos and Other Messaging Resources
Emergency Preparedness How-to Videos
Our how-to videos give you step-by-step instructions for storing emergency water in your own sanitized container, how to access water from your water heater in an emergency, and what items you’ll need to treat water four ways to make it safe to drink. Each video is available in English, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Khmer (Cambodian), Korean, and Vietnamese.
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Other Emergency Preparedness Resources
- Prepare! A Resource Guide (PDF) (American Red Cross)
- Public Alerts (Sign up for emergency text alerts for the greater Portland - Vancouver region)
- Oregon Water/Wastewater Agency Response Network (ORWARN)
- Regional Disaster Preparedness Organization (RDPO)
- Emergency Toilet Project (RDPO)
- Oregon's CEI Hub: Finding the Nexus between Seismic Risk & Climate Change Adaptation, Presentation by Jay Wilson (PDF), Narrated Presentation (MP4)
Emergency Preparedness by County
Our Region's Water
Drinking Water by the Numbers
- Water by the Number Infographic (PDF) (English)
- Agua Potable según las Cifras (PDF) (Spanish)
Water Quality
About the Consortium
Consortium Reports, Plans, and Other Publications
- Annual Report (Fiscal Year 2021 - 2022) (PDF)
- Public Outreach Report (2021 - 2022) (PDF)
- Five Year Strategic Plan (2018) (PDF)
- Emergency Drinking Water Framework Plan (2022) (PDF), Executive Summary (2022) (PDF)
- Regional Water Supply Plan (1996) (PDF), Update (2004) (PDF), Update (2016) (PDF)
- Regional Transmission and Storage Strategy (2000) (PDF)
- Source Water Protection Plan (2017) (PDF)