Senator Maria Cantwell, left, is shown one of the siphon barrels that were used to bring water to southeast Basin farmland by East Columbia Basin Irrigation District Secretary-Manager Craig Simpson, right.
October 24, 2022
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‘Aquifer rescue mission’
Leaders discuss water management in Columbia Basin
MOSES LAKE - A dozen leaders from across the Columbia Basin and Washington State came together in Moses Lake Monday morning to have a roundtable discussion about water management issues facing Columbia Basin growers and included the Columbia Basin Project and the Odessa Groundwater Replacement Program. “We need to figure out which one of these avenues are the best,” said U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, (D–Wash.). Points of conversation were about the importance of the Odessa Groundwater Replacement Program, which was called an “aquifer rescue mission” by Columbia Basin Development League Executive Director Sara Higgins...