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May 29th, 2018 | Category: Columbia River, Featured Posts, Legal, News, Oregon, Protection, Rights of Nature, Surface Water, United States, Washington | MAY 28, 2018, BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fox Q13
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Talks are scheduled to begin this week in Washington, D.C., to modernize the document that coordinates flood control and hydropower generation in the United States and Canada along the 1,200-mile Columbia River.
Northwest politicians have been pushing for years to renegotiate the Columbia River Treaty between the two countries. The lawmakers are particularly keen to eliminate a so-called “Canadian […]
Continue reading Talks to revise the Columbia River Treaty with Canada to begin Tuesday
By Nicholas Deshais nickd@spokesman.com(509) 459-5440
ODESSA, Wash. – Clark Kagele’s truck stops next to a tangle of shattered concrete and broken pipe. An old, defunct well.
For a few decades, 600 feet was deep enough. Not anymore.
On his 2,000 acres, Kagele grows wheat but also alfalfa for the herd, canola for cooking oil, timothy hay for discerning horse- and cattle-owners in Japan and South Korea, potatoes and, for the first time, sunflowers for […]
Continue reading Aquifer falling, central Washington farmers ask: Where will the water come from?
PORTLAND, Ore., May 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NW Natural Water, a subsidiary of NW Natural (NYSE:NWN), today announced that it has entered into agreements to acquire two water utilities in Washington state.
Both are located on Whidbey Island near Seattle in Puget Sound. Lehman Enterprises, Inc. serves about 900 customers and Sea View Water LLC serves just under 200 customers.
The assets and operations of Lehman and Sea View will be combined under a newly-formed subsidiary of NW […]
Continue reading NW Natural Advances Water Strategy with Plans to Acquire Two Water Utilities in Washington State
By MATTHEW DALY and NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press
Published: April 25, 2018, 2:17 PM
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House approved a bill Wednesday that would effectively stop the spilling of water from four Pacific Northwest dams to help migrating salmon reach the Pacific Ocean.
The bill, approved 225-189, would prevent any changes in dam operations until 2022. It was sponsored by Republican Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Dan Newhouse, both of Washington state. Rep. Jaime Herrera […]
Continue reading House backs bill to block spill of dam water to help salmon
Walla Walla Union Bulletin
Andy Porter
Mar 20, 2018 A controversial request to allow water bottling on agricultural lands in Walla Walla County took a step ahead Monday. Walla Walla County commissioners voted unanimously to have the application by former county commissioner Perry Dozier move to the final docket of proposed amendments to the county’s Comprehensive Plan and development regulations. However, commissioners noted the application will not be part of the county’s Comprehensive Plan update due at the […]
Continue reading Walla Walla County commissioners move water bottling plan ahead
January 4th, 2018 | Category: Columbia River, Featured Posts, Legal, Letters to the Editor / Op-Ed, News, Oregon, Other States, Protection, Surface Water, United States, Washington | By Brandon Lee
Early in the new year, Canadian and American officials will meet to discuss the renewal of one of the most enduring examples of our strong partnership – the Columbia River Treaty.
Under the treaty’s terms, three dams and reservoirs in British Columbia, and one dam in Montana that floods the Kootenay Valley into B.C., provide flood protection and help generate hydroelectricity downstream in the United States.
For more than 50 years, this benefit-sharing agreement has reliably prevented […]
Continue reading Canada: Columbia River Treaty a boon to the U.S., but must benefit all (Guest opinion)
October 21st, 2017 | Category: Announcements, Featured Posts, Groundwater, Legal, News, Oregon, Protection, Surface Water, United States, Washington | From the EPA:
SEATTLE and CHICAGO, OCT 17, 2017 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded more than $43M to water systems in Oregon, Washington, and Ohio.
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality was awarded nearly $2 million to protect water quality through a Nonpoint Source Program Clean Water Act (Section 319) cooperative agreement. This grant is given to states to implement environmental programs that address nonpoint source pollution in surface and groundwater in order to meet and […]
Continue reading EPA DISTRIBUTES FUNDING FOR WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN OREGON, WASHINGTON, OHIO
Doyle Rice, USA TODAYPublished 4:14 p.m. ET Oct. 18, 2017
An atmospheric river is poised to funnel gigantic amounts of rain and snow to the Northwest over the next few days.
As much as 15 inches of rain is forecast in the mountains along with several inches in coastal areas, including Portland and Seattle. It could be Seattle’s wettest weather since February, the National Weather Service said.
There is also […]
Continue reading 5,000-mile long ‘river in the sky’ to deliver heavy rain, feet of snow to Northwest
Goldendale Mayor Mike Canon has released his Nestle Report and recommendation to be presented to the Goldendale City Council on June 19, 2017.
His four page report “Research: Nestle American Bottling Plant; Goldendale, WA” includes: The Nestlé Invitation background. Preliminary numbers of a Nestle American proposal, including water resource needs, waste water production, trucking volumes, and projected employees ‘at full build out’. Details of the Goldendale Municipal Water System. Consideration of the steps to implement proposed plan. Impact of the […]
Continue reading Mayor Recommends No Further Action On Nestlé Proposal
Justus Caudell | The Tribune |
NESPELEM—In early December, a number of news agencies reported seaborne radiation from Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear plant was detected in the Pacific Ocean along on the West Coast.
The plant, which first leaked radiation into the Pacific in 2011 following a massive earthquake and tsunami that killed nearly 16,000 people, is feared to still be contaminating the ocean.
The impact of the radiation in the Columbia River—and on migratory salmon that spend their developmental years […]
Continue reading UCUT study finds trace amount of radiation in migratory salmon Columbia River
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