[Vision2020] Palouse Water
Dale Courtney
dale@courtneys.us
Sun, 20 Jul 2003 08:43:01 -0700
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Dianne,
Thanks again for the link to the report.
For those who would like to find the 2000 annual report directly without
reading thru the entire site, it's at
http://www.webs.uidaho.edu/pbac/pubs/00report.pdf.
The page of interest is page 15. FWIW, the upper (Wanapum) aquifer (as per
measurements from Well #2) is at the exact same level as it was in 1977. It
has had some significant increases and decreases, but overall the level is
what it was at 26 years ago. It would be interesting to see what the data
for 2000-2003 would show for Well #2.
>From page 14 of the same report, there can be little doubt that the Grande
Ronde aquifer has been falling 1-1.5 feet per year. No one disputes that.
My question remains, however -- if the overall amount of water available to
us is relatively constant, then the draconian measures that the MCA is
calling for are unnecessary.
Best,
Dale
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From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com] On
Behalf Of French
Sent: Saturday, 19 July, 2003 18:49
To: vision2020@moscow.com
Cc: dale@courtneys.us; london@moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] Palouse Water
For those wishing to review water levels in the shallower Wanapum aquifer
(no they haven't increased steadily over the past 42 years) and any other
facts about our current water supply, may I direct you to the Palouse Basin
Water Committee (PBAC) web site at www.uidaho.edu/pbac If a concerned
citizen were to open and review the 2000 Annual Report, that citizen would
find a wealth of information including a graph of water levels in the
Wanapum aquifer. The 2001 Annual Report is also available, but was largely
based on the 2000 report and contains fewer charts and graphs. Some of us
are anxiously awaiting the 2002 Annual report and the return to timely
updates on the PBAC web site, both of which are on the foreseeable horizon.
Dianne French
Palouse Water Conservation Network
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D604303515-20072003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800000 =
size=3D2>Dianne,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D604303515-20072003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800000 =
size=3D2>Thanks=20
again for the link to the report. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D604303515-20072003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800000 =
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D604303515-20072003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800000 =
size=3D2>For=20
those who would like to find the 2000 annual report directly without =
reading=20
thru the entire site, it's at <A=20
href=3D"http://www.webs.uidaho.edu/pbac/pubs/00report.pdf">http://www.web=
s.uidaho.edu/pbac/pubs/00report.pdf</A>.=20
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size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D604303515-20072003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800000 =
size=3D2>The=20
page of interest is page 15. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
class=3D604303515-20072003><FONT=20
face=3DArial color=3D#800000 size=3D2>FWIW, the upper (Wanapum) aquifer =
(as per=20
measurements from Well #2) is at the <U>exact</U> same level as it was =
in 1977.=20
It has had some significant increases and decreases, but overall the =
level is=20
what it was at 26 years ago. It would be interesting to see what the =
data for=20
2000-2003 would show for Well #2. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D604303515-20072003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800000 =
size=3D2>From=20
page 14 of the same report, there can be little doubt that the Grande =
Ronde=20
aquifer has been falling 1-1.5 feet per year. No one disputes that.=20
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D604303515-20072003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800000 =
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D604303515-20072003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#800000 =
size=3D2>My=20
question remains, however -- if the overall amount of water available to =
us is=20
relatively constant, then the draconian measures that the MCA is calling =
for are=20
unnecessary. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT color=3D#800000><FONT size=3D2><FONT=20
face=3DArial>Best,</FONT><BR></FONT><FONT face=3D"Vladimir Script"=20
size=3D5>Dale</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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align=3Dleft><FONT=20
face=3DTahoma size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>=20
vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com] <B>On =
Behalf=20
Of </B>French<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, 19 July, 2003 =
18:49<BR><B>To:</B>=20
vision2020@moscow.com<BR><B>Cc:</B> dale@courtneys.us;=20
london@moscow.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Palouse=20
Water<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>For those wishing to review water =
levels in the=20
shallower Wanapum aquifer (no they haven't increased steadily over the =
past 42=20
years) and any other facts about our current water supply, may I =
direct you to=20
the Palouse Basin Water Committee (PBAC) web site at <A=20
href=3D"http://www.uidaho.edu/pbac">www.uidaho.edu/pbac</A> If a =
concerned=20
citizen were to open and review the 2000 Annual Report, that =
citizen=20
would find a wealth of information including a graph of water levels =
in the=20
Wanapum aquifer. The 2001 Annual Report is also available, but =
was=20
largely based on the 2000 report and contains fewer charts and=20
graphs. Some of us are anxiously awaiting the 2002 Annual report =
and the=20
return to timely updates on the PBAC web site, both of which are on =
the=20
foreseeable horizon.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dianne French</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Palouse Water Conservation=20
Network</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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