OTHELLO, Wash. – The East Columbia Basin Irrigation District was joined by landowners, key partners and elected officials for a groundbreaking ceremony on the EL 86.4 system Monday, according to a ...

Crews work to construct the EL 86.4 irrigation delivery system in August 2024. The first delivery of surface water from the Columbia River to roughly 5,500 acres was made on the new system April 1. ( ...

No other system has so transformed the Yakima Basin. Without it the economy would collapse and over time the orchards, vineyards and hop fields would wither and die as the region reverted to the vast ...

The Kennewick Irrigation District has informed its agricultural customers that water supply is being cut off as drought ...

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- We may be dealing with a third year of drought, but at some point, we will experience a wet year again. When that happens, the Fresno Irrigation District will be in a ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- With the first water supply forecast from the Bureau of Reclamation still a month away, industry observers are watching carefully to see whether warm weather will stick around in the ...

WAPATO, Yakima County — As the drought wears on and their crops fade, farmers Steve Bangs and Jeremy Waterman take to the road each day to look for signs of water theft in other parts of the Wapato ...