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Recorded Water Use

  • Approximately 400 Water Right Wells in the Project Area
    • 206 wells visited for 2021 readings
    • 175 flowmeters read
    • 161 wells with water use calculated for 2021
  • Total Recorded water use: 69,378 AF (161 Wells)
    • Total Recorded use in 2020: 52,123 AF (158 wells)
  • 64% of wells recorded higher use in 2021 than 2020 

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Recorded Water Use

  • Total Recorded water use: 69,378 AF (161 Wells)
    • Total Recorded use in 2020: 52,123 AF (158 wells)

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2019 Annual Report Regarding OWRD Technical Assistance for the USBR Pilot Water Bank in the Upper Klamath Basin (oregon.gov)

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GW Right

Acres

Primary

20,000

Supplemental

35,000

2021 Drought

25,400

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Water Level Changes

  • Water level monitoring increased dramatically following 2001
  • Water level declines noted across the Project Area
    • Largest in Tule Lake and Spring Lake areas

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Klamath Falls Area

“East Side”

 

N. Tule Lake 

SE Spring Lake 

SW Spring Lake 

Pine Grove 

Poe Valley 

Langell Valley 

Full WL decline since 2001 [ft]

25-35

20-30 

10-20 

15-20 

10-25 

4-10 

Spring 2020 to Spring 2021 [ft]

10

10 

10 

10 

< 5 

< 5 

Spring 2021 to Fall 2021 [ft]

20-30 

10-20 

10-20 

10 

10-20 

0-5 

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shallow wells

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