Aquifer project progresses

The long-term outlook for drinking and irrigation water in Moses Lake, Ritzville, Davenport, Othello and throughout the farm-rich Columbia Basin Project is increasingly positive but still has conflict, attendees of the Columbia Basin Development League (CBDL) annual conference were told November 6.

The Odessa Aquifer that supplies water to much of the eastern Columbia Basin Project – via wells too deep for replenishment by rain and snow – was the number one topic at the conference held at Big Bend Community College.

“There is an urgency and a need to relieve the Odessa Aquifer by getting deep...