Water Rights 101: Understanding your properties water rights, local regulations, and enforcement

Are you a small farmer or land steward with questions on water rights?

Get policy clarifications and ask questions with our guest speaker, the Watermaster for Polk, and Marion counties who will be presenting on “Water Rights 101 and regulation for senior water users.

This in-person event intends to explain and highlight resources to help you understand local regulations and identify a property's legal water use designations. This event cannot change policy but will focus on helping you make the decisions for your operation.

Led by Todd Anderson, Small Farms Faculty with guest speaker Joel Plahn from the Oregon Water Resources Department.