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…
YBSA Monthly Report October, 2011 Summary of the Yakima River Basin Groundwater Assessment Study: The United States Department of the Interior U.S. Geologic Survey Team presented a summary of the Yakima River Basin Groundwater Assessment Study. The Study was designed…
YBSA Monthly Report September, 2011 Fair Booth: YBSA’s booth at the Central Washington State Fair displayed information about the Integrated Water Resource Management Plan (IP) and a Pumped Storage/Wind Integration project (CRESP). See the picture of the display which included…
YBSA Monthly Report August, 2011 Meeting with Yakima City Council on Pumped Storage/Wind Energy: YBSA met with the Transportation and Utility Committee of the Yakima City Council. The purpose of the meeting was to report on the assessment analysis of…
YBSA Monthly Report July, 2011 YBSA Working With YRBWEP Work Group: Yakima Basin Storage Alliance (YBSA) continues to work with the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project (YRBWEP) Work Group to address the many problems that exist in the Yakima…
YBSA Monthly Report June, 2011 Letter to the Wind Integration Steering Committee co-Signed by James C. Waldo, GTH, Counsel for the Yakima Basin Storage Alliance: Yakima Basin Storage Alliance sent a letter to Steve Wright and Tom Karrier, co-chairs of…
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…
