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Project Reports, 1960-Present

Reports for projects carried out or funded by the IWW and its predecessor organizations, the Center for Water and Environmental Sustainability and the Oregon Water Resources Research Institute are available in one of three ways:

  1. Through Scholar's Archive at the OSU Library,
  2. as PDF's through the IWW Web site, or
  3. as PDF's through the USGS State Water Resources Research Institutes Program Web site.

If you are not able to find the report you are seeking, please contact us.

Project Reports, Listed by Date

Year

Report Title, Author and Link

2008

Acceptability of Market-based Approaches to Water Management: An Analysis of the Deschutes Groundwater Mitigation Program - by Eva Lieberherr, M.S. Candidate, Water Resources Graduate Program. Project report for an IWW 2007 Graduate Student Research Grant. 2008LieberherrReport.pdf (150kb; posted 2/11/2008)

Odom, Olivia, 2008. Institutional capacity building through land and water stewardship integration- an analysis of source water protection in Corvallis, Oregon. M.S. Thesis, Water Resources Policy and Management. Project supported by IWW. (Available through OSU Libraries Scholars Archive)

2007

Summary Report to Assist Development of Ecosystem Flow Recommendations for the Coast Fork and the Middle Fork of the Willamette River, Oregon - by Stan Gregory, Linda Ashkenas, and Chris Nygaard. The IWW conducted this work for the Sustainable Rivers Project of The Nature Conservancy and the USACE. (Available through OSU Libraries Scholars Archive)

Collaborative learning towards sustainable agricultural landscapes in Muddy Creek Watershed, Oregon - by Mary Santelmann, Hannah Gosnell, and S. Mark Meyer. Final report from a 2006 IWW-USGS small grant. 2007SantelmannReport.pdf (500k; posted 7/6/2007)

Whychus Creek Watershed Project Implementation 2006, Whychus Creek Watershed, Deschutes Basin, Oregon - by Lesley Jones and Ron Reuter. Final report from a 2006 IWW-USGS small grant. 2007ReuterReport.pdf (500k; posted 7/6/2007)

Summary Report from the Willamette Environmental Flows Workshop - by Stan Gregory, Linda Ashkenas, Chris Nygaard, OSU Fisheries and Wildlife, May 2007. MandCForkSummary2007.pdf (791k; posted 5/24/07)

2006

Evaluating the phosphorus dynamics in response to restoring historic hydrology at reclaimed wetlands along Upper Klamath Lake, OR - Desiree D. Tullos. (Available in the 2006 USGS State WRRI Report)

Modeling Effects of Channel Complexity and Hyporheic Flow on Stream Temperatures - Chris Berger, Scott A. Wells (Available in the 2006 USGS State WRRI Report)

Building Capacity to Manage Conflict and Change through Oregon’s Water Governance Structures - Denise Lach, Aaron Wolf (Available in the 2006 USGS State WRRI Report)

2005

Hydrogeomorphic Analysis of the Luckiamute Watershed, Central Coast Range, Oregon - Stephen Taylor (Available the in 2005 USGS State WRRI Report)

Determining Spatial and Temporal Variability of Groundwater Nitrate in the Southern Willamette Valley, OR - Roy Haggerty (Available the in 2005 USGS State WRRI Report)

Influence of Climate Change on Water Supply in the McKenzie River Basin: Analysis of Long-term and Spatial Hydrologic Data - Anne Nolin (Available the in 2005 USGS State WRRI Report)

Groundwater Studies within the Williams Creek Watershed - Charles Rogers (Available the in 2005 USGS State WRRI Report)

Navigation Economic Technologies Research Program - Wesley Wilson (Available the in 2005 USGS State WRRI Report)

Development of a web-based database of hydrologic data for the Upper Oak Creek Watershed - Arne Skaugset (Available the in 2005 USGS State WRRI Report)

2004

Satellite Remote Sensing of Wildfire Induced Changes in Hydro-Geomorphological Landscape Patterns and Processes - Stephen Schoenholtz (Available the in 2004 USGS State WRRI Report)

Synergetic effects of colloids and organic matter on membrane fouling - Qilin Li (Available the in 2004 USGS State WRRI Report)

Riverine gravel supply in Oregon - Peter Klingeman

Basin level datasets for anticipating future water scarcity and conflict in Oregon - Aaron Wolf

2003

Weather Forcasts are for Wimps: Why Water Resource Managers Don't Use Climate Forcasts, CWESt Special Report 2003-1 - Steve Rayner, Columbia University; Denise Lach, Oregon State University; Helen Ingram, University of California Irvine; Mark Houck, George Mason University (SR-2003-1.pdf)

Investigation of Nitrate Transport Across the Willamette Silt of the Southern Willamette Valley - Roy Haggerty (Available in the 2003 USGS State WRRI Report)

Discharge, source areas, and water ages of spring-fed streams and implications for water management in the McKenzie River basin - Gordon Grant (Available in the 2003 USGS State WRRI Report)

Temperature Effects of Streambed Heating - Scott A. Wells, Robert L. Annear (Available in the 2003 USGS State WRRI Report)

Development of a relationship between water quality data and land use in the Oak Creek Watershed - Peter Nelson (Available in the 2003 USGS State WRRI Report)

Environmental Analysis of Wastewater Effluents and Biosolids-derived Endocrine Disuption Chemicals in the Willamette River - Tarek A. Kassim (Available in the 2003 USGS State WRRI Report)

Development of a monitoring network and web-based database for effective watershed management in the Oak Creek Basin - Jeffrey J. McDonnell (Available in the 2003 USGS State WRRI Report)

Remote Collaborations: Lateral Learning in Transboundary Water Conflicts - Aaron Wolf (Available in the 2003 USGS State WRRI Report)

Environmental Analysis and Impact Assessment of Endocrine Disrupters in the Willamette River: A Web-Based Information System - Tarek A. Kassim (Available in the 2003 USGS State WRRI Report)

2002

Investigation of Groundwater Recharge and Agricultural Runoff Through the Willamette Silt, Oregon - Roy Haggerty (Available in the 2002 USGS State WRRI Report)

US Transboundary Waters: Interstate Waters, Interstate Compacts - Aaron Wolf (Available in the 2002 USGS State WRRI Report)

2001

Web-based Data Analysis and Distribution Technology for Watershed Datasets - John Bolte (Available in the 2001 USGS State WRRI Report)

Interactive Web Site for Streamflow Evaluations in Watershed & Habitat Restoration Planning - Peter Klingeman (Available in the 2001 USGS State WRRI Report)

2000

On-line hosting of water law and policy research studies - John McDonald (Available in the 2000 USGS State WRRI Report)

Using GIS Databases to Estimate Stormwater Runoff - Wayne Huber (Available in the 2000 USGS State WRRI Report)

Measuring Stormwater Impacts of Different Neighborhood Development Patterns - Ronald Kellett, Cynthia Girling (Available in the 2000 USGS State WRRI Report)

1999

Mitigation of High Stream Temperatures in the Tualatin River Basin: an opportunity for pollution credit trading - Marshall English (Available in the 1999 USGS State WRRI Report)

Long-Term Willamette River Restoration Possibilities and Impacts of Physical Activities on River Processes - Peter Klingeman and Josh Wyrick (Available in the 1999 USGS State WRRI Report)

Source Identification of Fecal Pollution in the Long Tom Watershed - John Bolte, James Moore, Cindy Thieman (Available in the 2003 USGS State WRRI Report)

Oregon Coastal Lakes: Water Quality Status and Management Implications Based on Nutrient Loading - Peter Nelson (Available in the 2003 USGS State WRRI Report)

1960-1995 Reports for projects carried out between 1960 and 1995 for the Oregon Water Resources Research Institute and are available online through OSU Libraries Scholar's Archive. Click here to browse or search reports.