YBSA Monthly Report May, 2011 Pumped Storage Wind Integration: Yakima Basin Storage Alliance believes an opportunity exists to assist in addressing the surplus electricity created by spring Columbia River runoff and wind power generation. Pumping surplus water uphill using excess…
YBSA Monthly Report April, 2011 YBSA Contract with GTH: YBSA is discussing a contract with James C. Waldo of the Gordon Thomas Honeywell, LLP (GTH) law firm to begin the Columbia River Renewable Energy/Irrigation Storage Project. The Central Columbia River…
YBSA Monthly Report March, 2011 Integrated Plan Concerns: A review of the Proposed Integrated Plan identifies most of the water needs in the Yakima Basin but there is a question if the proposed solutions will accomplish what is needed to…
YBSA Monthly Report February, 2011 Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Plan: YBSA will continue to work with the state Ecology and the federal Reclamation folks on their search for future water supplies in the Yakima Basin itself, we…
YBSA Monthly Report January, 2011 YBSA’s Goal: Yakima Basin Storage Alliance (YBSA), a grass-roots organization whose members include: contractors, farmers, bankers, businessmen, engineers, fish biologist, former manager of an irrigation district, former state and local elected and appointed officials will…
YBSA Monthly Report December, 2010 Integrated Plan Work Group Meeting: Dan Silvers, Department of Ecology consultant, opened the December Integrated Plan Work Group meeting stating, “Don’t worry about the language in the plan, the details are important, but this document…
YBSA Monthly Report November, 2010 Meeting with Virgil Lewis, Sr.: YBSA executive committee met with Virgil Lewis, Sr., member of the Yakama Nation Tribal Council and Chairman of the Fish, Wildlife, Law and Order Committee, to review items that the…
YBSA Monthly Report October, 2010 YBSA Supports IWRMP: Yakima Basin Storage Alliance (YBSA) remains committed to support the Integrated Water Resource Management Plan (IWRMP) to solve the Yakima Basin’s water supply problems that exist now and will be more prevalent…
YBSA Monthly Report September, 2010 Work Group Instream/Out of Stream Recommendation: YBSA continues to support the process being used by the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project Work Group. After 16 months into the study the Work Group was asked…
YBSA Monthly Report August, 2010 Integrated Water Resource Management Plan: The proposed Integrated Plan is moving forward with water supply projects (storage) being included which may not be completed. The current plan with all the proposed storage projects still is…
