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Merkley Looks To Help Farmers Facing Drought
Merkley Looks To Help Farmers Facing Drought
Merkley Looks To Help Farmers Facing Drought
According to the latest Drought Monitor Numbers, over half of Oregon is designated as severe, extreme or exceptional drought.  Farmers and ranchers in many portions of the state are already worried they won’t have enough water this growing season.  And some prod...
Quincy Columbia Basin Irrigation District To Start Filing Canals
Quincy Columbia Basin Irrigation District To Start Filing Canals
Quincy Columbia Basin Irrigation District To Start Filing Canals
The Quincy-Columbia Basin Irrigation District has announced plans to start filling the West Canal on Wednesday, March 17th, barring any unforeseen scheduling requirements. Priming will continue on smaller canals and laterals through the first week in April, depending on the weather and the demand for water deliveries. ...
Roza Irrigation Crews Use Busy Off Season To Prepare For 2020
Roza Irrigation Crews Use Busy Off Season To Prepare For 2020
Roza Irrigation Crews Use Busy Off Season To Prepare For 2020
For many irrigation districts across the region, water will turn on for another season in the next couple of weeks. One district that’s been trying the make the most of a mild and dry winter is the Roza Irrigation District. Executive Director Scott Revell said one of their main projects this winter was piping 13 miles of the pump later canal #13 north of Prosser. Rev ...
Newhouse: Water Act Will Benefit Yakima Efforts
Newhouse: Water Act Will Benefit Yakima Efforts
Newhouse: Water Act Will Benefit Yakima Efforts
Late last week, Representative Dan Newhouse was in Prosser to introduce the Water Supply Infrastructure Rehabilitation and Utilization Act.  While much of the focus of the legislation is on improving old irrigation infrastructure across the west, some of which is roughly 100 years old, he said the legislation will also help with newer irrigation efforts.  Sp...
Auditor: Douglas County Irrigation District Violated State Law In Pipe Project
Auditor: Douglas County Irrigation District Violated State Law In Pipe Project
Auditor: Douglas County Irrigation District Violated State Law In Pipe Project
An irrigation district in Douglas County illegally funded a 2015 major pipe project when three board members were allowed to contribute to its construction out to their own pockets.  The state Auditor’s Office says the Palisades Irrigation District replaced its mainline pipe at a cost of roughly $44,000.  Most of ...
Haler to Introduce Water Bill to State Legislature
Haler to Introduce Water Bill to State Legislature
Haler to Introduce Water Bill to State Legislature
8th District Representative Larry Haler plans to introduce a new bill focusing on a 30-year plan for water supplies once the State Legislature convenes in January.   Haler said the request for the bill came from multiple irrigation districts from the Tri-Cities to Cle Elum who asked, “For modernizing our irrigation systems as well as increasing the height of three of our reservoir areas where we g

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