Oregon Water Resources Department
Electronic Public Comments
Application: R 89899
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07/31/2025
Brian Posewitz
WaterWatch of Oregon
The application seeks a permit for an existing unpermitted reservoir causing well-documented water quality problems (primarily temperature) in the reservoir and downstream waters. Those water quality problems adversely affect fish populations. The reservoir also includes a dam without fish passage. To the extent any permit is issued, those issues need to be addressed. WaterWatch also supports the neutral application to this proposal of all laws, regulations and practices with respect to water use in the Willamette Basin, withdrawal of Johnson Creek and its tributaries from further appropriation, and OWRD's analysis of water availability.