19 Dec Continuing the Legacy: 2017 League Conference Sees Another Year of Success
Nearly 200 people attended the League’s 2017 Conference, held November 2 in Moses Lake, for a day focused on Columbia Basin Project information and updates....
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19 Dec The Future of Tax Reform and Its Connection to Infrastructure
November marked the beginning of the first meaningful attempt to overhaul the federal tax code since 1986....
19 Dec Brenda Burman Confirmed As Reclamation Commissioner
On November 16, Brenda Burman of Arizona was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner. She makes history as the first-ever woman to lead the Bureau....
19 Dec Senate Elections Swing Majority to Democrats, Reorganization Follows
Five State Senate seats were on the ballot in November, which was unusually large for an off-year election. Political pundits agreed that four seats were safe. The 45th District seat (Kirkland, Woodinville) was up for grabs in what has been considered a swing district. The...
25 Jul A look into President Trump’s first budget
In early June, President Trump released the long-awaited fiscal year 2018 (FY 2018) budget request. Like most Administration budget requests, it was met with mixed reviews in Congress by members on both sides of the aisle. The request includes approximately $4.1 trillion in funding for...
25 Jul Dept. of Health raises awareness about declining water levels in Mid-Columbia Basin
The gradual decline of ground water supplies in the mid-Columbia Basin over the last few decades is starting to raise concerns for the Department of Health Office of Drinking Water (Health) and public water suppliers. Since the release of the 2013 US Geological Survey (USGS)...
25 Jul SCBID Project to save 30,000 acre feet of water per year
South Columbia Basin Irrigation District (SCBID) is mid-way through construction of the PPL1.6 Pumping Plant, which will capture and pump return flow water out of the Esquatzel Diversion Canal into the Pasco Pump Lateral. This is one example of how the Columbia Basin Project (Project)...
30 Jun OGWRP focus turns to county bridges
A current challenge facing Columbia Basin Project (Project) partners and stakeholders is the crisis of the Odessa Aquifer depletion. To date, the Project has been sustained through effective public and private collaborations and the solution to the Odessa Aquifer crisis is no different. Project partners...
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