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Stored water tapped early in Washington's Yakima River basin
4/24/2015 5:15:21 PM



CATEGORIES:
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Benton County, WA
Kittitas County, WA
Yakima County, WA

Start Date: 4/15/2015 - End Date: 6/1/2015
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation began using stored reservoir water to compensate for low natural flows amid intensifying drought and abysmally low snowfall in the Yakima Basin. Normally the stored water is not used until June, but unusual weather conditions forced them to dip into the stored water on April 15, said the bureau’s Yakima Project River Operations supervisor. Spokane Spokesman-Review (Wash.), April 22, 2015
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