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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: [email protected]
Write: Kim McCartneyUpper Columbia Area Office1917 Marsh RoadYakima, WA 98901-2058