Drinking water source protection
Voluntary Incentive Program – Landowner Involvement
EWEB is hosting several public meetings for landowners interested in learning more about the
new Voluntary Incentive Program. A smaller landowner advisory group is also meeting once a month to provide more detailed input and feedback on the design of the program
as it is being developed.
Learn
more and read meeting minutes
The McKenzie River is the sole source of drinking water for nearly 200,000 people in the
Eugene metropolitan area.
Recognizing the importance of this valuable resource, EWEB developed a Drinking Water Source
Protection Plan in 2000, which includes a
risk assessment of all potential threats to our drinking water. As part of this effort,
EWEB launched an ambitious drinking water source protection program to protect the
McKenzie and the high water quality EWEB customers have come to appreciate.
Learn about more about source protection, EWEB's program goals and the economic benefits of proactively
protecting the source of our drinking water.
Read about EWEB's comprehensive water quality monitoring program.
EWEB has worked closely with federal, state and local agencies to implement the McKenzie Watershed
Emergency Response System (MWERS).
EWEB has several programs designed to help farms become more economically viable so the land continues
to be used for this purpose, while also encouraging farmers to use fewer chemicals to protect the watershed.
Learn what EWEB is doing to help residents protect water quality.
Forested watersheds produce better water quality than any other surface water source. Learn how EWEB is
encouraging best management forest practices.
EWEB provides tools to help students understand water resource issues and the importance of protecting
the McKenzie Watershed as a drinking water resource.
Access a complete inventory of program reports, documents and related research.
Email us for more information, or call Nancy Toth at 541-685-7438 or
Karl Morgenstern at 541-685-7365.