Readers of this blog may recall that I am a member of the Deschutes Basin Water Collaborative which is nearing the end of a multiyear attempt to create a plan to address a wide range of water issues based on the state’s placed-based water planning process. It’s been a long, tedious process and, unsurprisingly, the outcome is going to be disappointing, but there have been informative conversations and presentations. One such presentation was given a few days ago and has been posted. “Water Quality Program Work in the Deschutes Basin” was a presentation by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality which covered their monitoring of “impoundments” (lakes and reservoirs) in the Deschutes River system from the headwaters to Lake Billy Chinook. I found it interesting and frustrating. The recording is of the entire DBWC meeting, the ODEQ presentation starts at 44 minutes and 50 seconds and lasts an hour and five minutes.