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Article: COLUMBIA RIVER WATER MEASURING PROGRAM A SUCCESS

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August 30, 2007
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The Washington state Department of Ecology issued the following news release:

Efforts to measure how much water is being diverted from the Columbia River are meeting with success, with more than 80 percent of Mid-Columbia users agreeing to voluntarily report their water diversions, according to the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology).

"Knowing how much water is being used can only help us as we face the challenges of managing water resources on the Columbia River," explained Dan Haller, Columbia River Unit Supervisor. "We're very pleased with the cooperation we're seeing among water users, and local conservation districts can take a lot of credit for that."

Ecology is seeking to ...

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