Odessa Landowner Association Moves Forward

Thanks to support from various organizations, the North I-90 Odessa Aquifer Groundwater Replacement Project has formed the EL 22.1 Landowner Association to coordinate and manage the project.

The Association, which will coordinate and manage the project, has already selected leadership and has been working with the state Department of Ecology, the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District and the Bureau of Reclamation to build a critical surface water irrigation pipeline.

That line, EL 22.1, will provide Columbia Basin Project water to at least 16,000 acres in Grant and Adams Counties, helping north of the freeway and east of Moses Lake, WA replace deep well irrigation with surface water from the East Low Canal.  The 2019-21 Capital Budget proviso from the 2019 Legislative Session states that the North I-90/EL 22.1 project shall include “a canal pump station, an electrical power substation, booster pump stations, and a large-diameter full-sized pipeline sufficient to irrigate 16,000 acres, located north of Interstate-90 and east of Moses Lake, Washington from the east low canal to at least road W northeast…”

The North I-90 Odessa Aquifer Groundwater Replacement Project/EL 22.1 Landowner Association says it looks forward to continuing the positive partnership with the US Bureau of Reclamation, the Washington State Department of Ecology and the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District to complete this critical irrigation infrastructure and pipeline project (the EL 22.1 pipeline) to protect the aquifer, irrigated agriculture and the rural economy in parts of Grant, Adams and Lincoln Counties.

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