YBSA Monthly Report September, 2012 H2O For The Next 100 Years: YBSA supports the Integrated Plan because it is the best vehicle to solve our long term water needs. YBSA has been the only advocate for significantly increased water…
YBSA Monthly Report August, 2012 Why YBSA Believes More Water is Required for the Integrated Plan: YBSA has been the only advocate for significantly increased water storage for the Integrated Plan (IP). As such we are compelled to explain…
YBSA Monthly Report July, 2012 YBSA Concerns with Integrated Plan: Yakima Basin Storage Alliance (YBSA) continues to support the Integrated Plan (IP) but there exists water supply problems that have to be solved for the Plan to succeed. Some…
YBSA Monthly Report June, 2012 Integrated Plan Work Group: Information that was provided for review and comment at the YRBWEP Work Group meeting on June 20th included: the status of funding for the projects identified as part of the…
YBSA Monthly Report May, 2012 Mitigation Needed for Approval of Wells in the Yakima Basin: Given current water conditions in theYakimaRiver Basin, there is no water available for new water right permit applications to be approved for year-round consumptive…
YBSA Monthly Report March, 2012 Work Group Meeting March 14th: Derek Sandison reported: Final PEIS did not review any specific project. The only comparison was between the Integrated Plan (IP) and no action. Conservation will provide very little more water…
YBSA Monthly Report February, 2012 YBSA Comments on Draft PEIS of the Integrated Plan: YBSA supports elements of the Integrated Plan (“IP”) because it provides a short-term solution to the water supply problems of the Yakima Basin, while providing…
YBSA Monthly Report January, 2012 Meeting with Dan Silver: YBSA met with Dan Silver, consultant for Department of Ecology, at our January Board Meeting. The reason he attended the meeting was to get YBSA to approve the Integrated Plan. The…
YBSA Monthly Report December, 2011 Comments on PEIS: The Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Plan Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement Plan Draft PEIS is available at for your review and comment. The comment period began on November 18,…
YBSA Monthly Report November, 2011 A Reliable Water Supply for the Yakima Basin: The Yakima River basin has a long history of an inadequate water supply to meet competing water resource needs. Each year we are faced with the need…
