MOSES LAKE Terry Cosby, chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service, had some words of encouragement Monday morning for local officials looking to get more funding to replace well water with Columbia River irrigation water in the eastern portions of the Columbia Basin Project.
“We’re here to help,” Cosby said.
OTHELLO The Washington State Legislature’s recently passed $8.98 billion capital budget for 2023-25 includes $32.8 million in funding to help extend the Odessa Groundwater Replacement Program, according to a press release from the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District.
"The funding for the Odessa (Groundwater Replacement Program) is huge," said Washington State Sen. Judy Warnick, R-Moses Lake.