yakima river basin water storage feasibility study 2007 climate & water resource forecast...

Yakima River Basin Water Storage Feasibility Study

2007 Climate & Water Resource Forecast meetingKelso, WA

Kim McCartneyUpper Columbia Area OfficeUpper Columbia Area Office

October 3, 2006

STUDY GOALS

• Improve Anadromous Fish Habitat by Moving Yakima and Naches Rivers Hydrograph toward Natural (unregulated) Shape

• Provide not less than 70% of a dry-year irrigation water supply for proratable water right holders

• Provide water supply for future municipal surface water needs

Black Rock Alternative

Bumping Lake enlargement

Keechelus-to-Kachess pipeline

Wymer Dam & Reservoir

Not carried forward to plan formulation- less spring flow- more summer flow- less unregulated than current

Not carried forward to plan formulation- Provides minimal extra storage

Carried forward to plan formulation- Meets the purpose and need- technically viable stakeholder interest

Schedule

• Yakima Basin Alternatives Report completed June 2006

• Plan Formulation Answer prepared by late fall 2006– Report prepared for all alternatives– Recommendations for feasibility study

• Feasibility study and EIS complete by end of 2008

Call Kim: (509) 575-5848 ext 370

Website: www.usbr.gov/pn/programs/storage_study

Email: storagestudy@pn.usbr.gov

Write: Kim McCartneyUpper Columbia Area Office1917 Marsh RoadYakima, WA 98901-2058