August 20, 2024
Klamath Basin Adjudication Moves Forward in Oregon Circuit Court
Nearly a half-century after its formal start, Oregon’s Klamath Basin Adjudication (KBA) is lurching toward a significant milestone: a judgment in the trial court.
Oregon’s water rights adjudication law establishes a two-stage process to determine water rights claims. First, in the administrative stage, the Oregon Water Resources Department evaluates claims and issues an administrative order approving or denying the claims, in whole or in part. In the KBA, that process concluded in 2013. Second, in the judicial stage … Read More
Written by Maximilian C. Bricker