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Counties approves Yakima basin water plan

The Columbian
Published: December 29, 2009, 12:00am

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Three central Washington counties say they are ready to get to work on a Yakima basin water plan to supply water for fish, people and farms.

Yakima, Kittitas and Benton counties have all committed to the planning process. So the state Department of Ecology and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation plan to announce later this week details of the next year of work.

The goal is to have a completed plan by October 2010. It will detail fish passage at basin dams, new storage, groundwater storage, habitat improvements, more water conservation and a market system for buying and selling water rights.

The plan would be implemented over the next 30 years, and total cost would be billions of dollars.

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Information from: Yakima Herald-Republic, http://www.yakima-herald.com

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