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Water being rationed, shut off in Yakima Valley in Washington
6/22/2018 12:00:00 AM



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

Start Date: 6/22/2018 -  
Water was being rationed in some junior irrigation districts in the Yakima Valley, such as the Roza Irrigation and Kittitas Reclamation districts. They will not receive more than 96 percent of their water allocation and could receive less as the season goes on. Three hundred junior water rights holders with rights acquired after May 10, 1905 were shut off for lack of water. Yakima Herald-Republic (Wash.), June 22, 2018
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