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Reducing rising water temps in lower Snake River
The settling in of this summer’s heat has forced salmon and hydro system managers to sprint through the steps of their plan for holding down water temperatures in the lower Snake River for migrating s… more →
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Reducing rising water temps in lower Snake River
wrote 5 months ago: The settling in of this summer’s heat has forced salmon and hydro system managers to sprint through … more →
Reclamation awards $1.2M for Umatilla field office building
wrote 5 months ago: The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1.2 million construction contract for the design and constructi … more →
About hydroelectric power
wrote 5 months ago: Like the sun and the wind, water has been serving the industry of humankind for at least as long as … more →
Analysis complete for more Lake Roosevelt releases
wrote 6 months ago: The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation last week completed the environmental analysis it feels necessary to … more →
Wyoming residents still oppose water pipeline
wrote 6 months ago: A second public meeting in southwest Wyoming drew more comments against a proposal to divert water f … more →
Bills aim to continue Umatilla Basin Project
wrote 6 months ago: The feasibility study for the Umatilla Basin Recharge Project that Senate Bill 1069 began will end J … more →
Governors seek funds to study pumped storage, wind
wrote 7 months ago: The governors of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington have signed a letter to the U.S. Secretary o … more →
Bureau expects to augment flow in upper Snake
wrote 7 months ago: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will likely be able to provide desired flow augmentation volumes for salm … more →
New forecast has Columbia Basin dropping to 87%
wrote 7 months ago: With precipitation below average across much of the Columbia River basin in April, expectations for … more →
Making the most out of pumped storage
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wrote 7 months ago: It’s been 20 years since a pumped storage plant was built in the US. However, the development of the … more →
Yakima Basin water supply forecast released
wrote 8 months ago: The Bureau of Reclamation has just released the May 2009, forecast for irrigation water supply in th … more →
Ogallala Aquifer has shrunk 9 percent, new report says
wrote 8 months ago: A new report says the vast underground reservoir popularly known as the Ogallala Aquifer has shrunk … more →
Bureau of Reclamation increases releases at McKay Dam
wrote 9 months ago: The Bureau of Reclamation has ramped up flows from McKay Dam from 10 cubic-feet-per second to 500 cf … more →
Heavy users to pay more under new Los Angeles water rates
wrote 9 months ago: Los Angeles utility officials have approved new water rates that will penalize residents who don’t c … more →
Dry February, basin forecast drops to 80 percent
wrote 9 months ago: A prevalence of blue skies this winter in the Northwest is beginning to make power producers, fish m … more →
Spring-Summer water forecasts slip below historic averages
wrote 11 months ago: Columbia-Snake river basin snowpack continued building into early January but has since gone into a … more →
Study: new reservoir in Yakima Basin not justified
wrote 1 year ago: A five-year investigation of potential alternatives for increasing Yakima River basin water supplies … more →
IRZ study discovers method to conserve water, boost economy
wrote 1 year ago: In an effort to maximize the state’s water resources, IRZ Consulting, an irrigation resource managem … more →
Dworshak failure alters flow, regime for migrating salmon
wrote 1 year ago: A mechanical breakdown at central Idaho’s Dworshak Dam will limit fish and hydro managers’ ability t … more →
