Water Conservation Resources
Indoor Water Conservation
- Ways to Save Your Water and Money at Home: Water Conservation for Residential Customers
- Water Conservation Guide for Multifamily Property Managers
- Bathroom Water Conservation: Toilet / Aerator
Outdoor Water Conservation
- Outdoor Tips
- Weekly Watering Number
- Water Efficient Plants for the Willamette Valley Plant Guide
- 7 Basic Steps for Creating a Water-Efficient Landscape
- Planting and Maintaining Your Lawn
- How to Select Landscape Contractors
- How to Select Irrigation Contractors
Kids & Teachers
- Parents & Teachers Resources
- Water and You (Kids Activity Booklet)
- What Do You Know About H2O? (Kids Activity Booklet)
- Stickers English / Stickers Spanish
- Bookmarks English / Bookmarks Spanish
Other Conservation Resources
- Alliance for Water Efficiency
- WaterSense
- American Water Works Association (AWWA)
- Irrigation Association
- Oregon Landscape Contractors Association (OLCA)
- Oregon Landscape Contractors Board (LCB)
Emergency Preparedness Resources
- How to access water from your water heater in an emergency
- How to store emergency water in your own containers
Other Emergency Preparedness Resources
- Prepare! A Resource Guide (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)
Emergency Preparedness by County
Our Region's Water
Regional Water Sources & Consortium Members Map
Source Water Protection
Climate Change
- Oregon Climate Change Research Institute: Climate Change in the Northwest (2013)
- National Climate Assessment: Northwest Water-related Challenges
- The Water Utility Climate Alliance (WUCA)
- American Water Works Association (AWWA): Climate Change Resource Community
About the Consortium
Consortium Reports, Plans, and Other Publications
- Annual Report (Fiscal Year 2018 - 2019)
- Five Year Strategic Plan (2018)
- Regional Water Supply Plan (1996), Update (2004), Update (2016)
- Regional Transmission and Storage Strategy (2000)
- Source Water Protection Plan (2017)
Other Plans and Infrastructure Resources
- America's Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA)
- Oregon Integrated Water Resources Strategy
- America's Infrastructure Report Card
- Oregon Resilience Plan