Oregon Twofer: 1) Graywater Advisory Committee Recommendations; 2) Oregon Water Policy Survey

Time to give some props to my adopted home state.

Todd Jarvis turned me on to the Graywater Advisory Committee's final recommendations to the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission:

Download Final_GWAC_Recommendations 

And another colleague alerted me to the Oregon Water Policy Survey, conducted last spring by my OSU colleague Brent S. Steel and doctoral students Monica Hubbard and Erika Allen Wolters:

Download Oregon_Water_Policy_Survey

The survey assessed citizens' attitudes toward water issues; almost 800 participated. The project will assist the Oregon Water Resources Department in developing its Integrated Water Resources Strategy.

Enjoy!

“This activist loves Oregon more than he loves life.” –  Tom McCall, Governor (R), 1967-75

Comments

[PAUL F MILLER]

Oregon Twofer: 1) Graywater Advisory Committee Recommendations; 2) Oregon Water Policy Survey ... First, I salute the time and energy which the participants gave in producing this document. Secondly, I note not surprisingly, many of the same factors and conditions are reported in this study as has been noted in information developed in Arizona, for example.

A common issue in both cases, I note, is there is NO commitment for providing this information clear, concise and understandable to John Q Public ... whom we hold ultimately responsible and accountable for the hourly and daily operation of these greywater systems.

Unless it is our goal to attain honest "buy-in" on all facets of greywater these efforts are doomed from the onset.

Respectfully submitted,