YBSA Monthly Report January, 2016 Senate Bill 1694: Senator Cantwell’s Bill S1694 has been approved. The following questions need to be answered to implement the water storage projects in the Integrated Plan. What storage projects are specifically authorized? What…
YBSA Monthly Report December, 2015 Seasons Greetings Felices Pasqua Lake Kachess: With predictions of an increase snow pack in the Cascades this winter and high costs, Roza Irrigation District terminated the plans to continue with its proposed 2016 Lake…
YBSA Monthly Report November, 2015 Current Reservoir Content in Yakima Basin: Capacity is at 36%, which is average for this time of year. 100% capacity in the 5 reservoirs will only provide 1/3 of the total water needed in…
YBSA Monthly Report October, 2015 Reservoir Capacity: The present reservoir capacity is 10% of total. This is about 200,000 acre/feet less than at this time last year. Wet weather and a large snowpack will be necessary to provide the water…
YBSA Monthly Report September, 2015 Reservoir Water: As of September 30, the 5 reservoirs which provide water for fish and agriculture are down to 16% of capacity. With very little carryover water available in storage and the possibility of…
YBSA Monthly Report August, 2015 With two-thirds of 2015 behind us where are we in our attempt to provide water for instream flow and out of stream use? Ongoing projects included in the June 3rd Integrated Plan for the…
YBSA Monthly Report July, 2015 Water Storage in the Yakima Basin: The graph prepared by the Bureau of Reclamation shows the 5 reservoirs in the storage system (in acre-feet), as of July 30th, the stored water level is just…
YBSA Monthly Report June, 2015 Reservoirs and Available Water: As of June 29th the percentage of total capacity of the five reservoirs is 76%. With the snowpack at 0% the inflow into the five reservoirs is 25% and…
YBSA Monthly Report May, 2015 Water in the Yakima Basin: 1. The Yakima Valley economy depends on water storage for its agricultural economy, population growth, and ecosystem. 2. Droughts are common in the area, but climate change indicators point to…
YBSA Monthly Report April, 2015 Yakima River Basin Drought 2015: Today we have a full reservoir system at about 99% and normally that would occur in early June. The outflows from the reservoirs exceed inflow because of irrigator demand and…
