Supporting Washington's Irrigation Districts http://www.wswra.org/rss.xml Copyright 2007 WSWRA http://www.wswra.org/rss en-us Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:13:59 -0800 wswra@wswra.org Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:13:37 -0800 wswra@wswra.org FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com Owners of properties in the Kennewick Irrigation District will decide Dec. 9 on filling three seats on the five-member board of directors. http://www.tri-cityherald.com/901/story/394798.html 5ED2CD20-C8A2-4F31-BDF7-96386F9F1045 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:12:00 -0800 From Commissioner Bob Johnson: Today I am announcing some personnel changes within the Bureau of Reclamation which will both effect the Bureau in a most positive fashion. http://www.wswra.org/files_for_news_archives/bor_polly_serote.html 6B34194E-6FB8-4DA6-880B-C8DBA7DB74C3 Tue, 9 Sep 2008 11:35:37 -0700 When parched Southwest states recently considered ways they might bring more water to the overtaxed Colorado River, they imagined snaking a fiberglass straw up the Pacific coast and sipping from the Columbia River. http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1218263105159940.xml&coll=7 3C74CAD8-17A9-4D08-BD74-EC8D9E364DC8 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:41:17 -0700 The Bureau of Reclamation has republished the proposed revision to 43 CFR Part 429, the rule that addresses issues relating to possession, occupancy, or removal of resources on Reclamation property. http://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/newsrelease/detail.cfm?RecordID=23721 48FC1274-2135-4EB8-800C-90A9D66A7865 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:27:29 -0700 The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $365,671 contract for cavitation repair for the Third Powerplant Turbine Runners, with other similarly priced orders anticipated to be issued during a 5-year period for repair service at Grand Coulee Dam and Powerplant. Hydro Power Services, LLC, of Chattanooga, Tenn. was awarded the contract on July 23. http://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/newsrelease/detail.cfm?RecordID=23581 C98EE10F-3C11-4DA8-87D3-146E16F6D79D Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:35:17 -0700 The Bureau of Reclamation, Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Columbia Basin Development League will celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the construction of Grand Coulee Dam on July 25 and 26 http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1013&dept_id=387707&newsid=19860637&PAG=461&rfi=9 0C8A7C60-2B16-4990-A8D2-967292BFB9A5 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:43:43 -0700 Kittitas County commissioners on Tuesday voted unanimously to appoint eight members to a committee that will oversee the carrying out of an Upper County groundwater study. http://www.kvnews.com/articles/2008/07/16/news/doc487e3fd8a5db0941457146.txt BD4E1825-62CE-4AA2-9D0A-9D39EDD7703C Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:41:35 -0700 YMCA, summer camps and cabin owners may see relief from drought-induced water shutoffs if a proposed water-rights sale goes through http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/5797 EB8FCFF8-CB45-4F72-8120-865D72D29966 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:41:29 -0700 The state Department of Ecology is planning a study that will broaden a federal effort to consider new reservoir sites in the thirsty Yakima Basin. Most notably, it means the agency wants to consider projects in addition to the proposed Black Rock reservoir. http://www.tri-cityherald.com/901/story/238625.html B74D8B45-7AEC-492F-B912-9D2964C1DE58 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:30:41 -0700 YAKIMA The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) has opened a field office at 303 S. Mission St. in Wenatchee. Our Wenatchee field office will enable Ecology to better serve and be more responsive to our North Central Washington communities, said Ecology Director Jay Manning. Not only will our staff be closer to their work, people will have greater access to our services. http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/2008news/2008-194.html AE7A280D-B263-40A4-A39B-053B757A4B49 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:29:52 -0700