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Article: COLUMBIA RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OFFERS BALANCE TO MEET ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC NEEDS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- February 15, 2007
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The Washington state Department of Ecology issued the following news release:
A programmatic environmental impact statement (EIS) just released by the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) provides direction for administering the state's new Columbia River Water Management Program.
Over the last year, Ecology has sought input on how to carry out legislation passed in February of 2006 directing the state to develop new water supplies for both in-stream and out of stream uses on the Columbia River.
The EIS concludes that future water management on the Columbia River will be multi-faceted and not dependent on a single approach.
Access to new water supplies will come through ...