Columbia Institute for Water Policy
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Columbia Institute for Water Policy is a nonprofit, nonpartisan program dedicated to policy research and education to promote and restore the fresh water resources of the Columbia River watershed. Our offices are located in the heart of the watershed in Spokane, Washington.
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Spokane, WA 99209
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Features
See also the Institute’s special report on the Odessa Aquifers: Crisis in Sustainability.
Black Rock Follies
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At $4.2 billion in construction expenses and $78 million in annual operating (O&M) costs, the Black Rock dam-reservoir proposal is simply too costly for state and federal taxpayers. As to annual operating costs, Black Rock's O&M would exceed current Yakima Project expenses at least tenfold.
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Proposed Black Rock Dam and Reservoir.
source: Yakima Basin Storage Enhancement Initiative, Benton County, Washington
Unstable Geology beneath the proposed Dam.
Click on diagram to enlarge. (source: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation)
