Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association
What Are We Doing in 2013?
At CSRIA, We Are Working With Our Members To:
• Develop 5,000 new irrigated acres along the Snake and Columbia River system,
using the CSRIA Water Conservation O&M Program.
• Provide water marketing services to transfer water rights to 4,000 acres of new
and existing irrigated lands.
• Provide water right holders with technical and legal services to protect water
rights and enhance water right change/transfer alternatives.
• Support Eastern WA Water Conservancy Boards in conducting water
right change/transfers.
• Provide project development services to secure private sector financing for new
surface water delivery to the Odessa Subarea North-I-90 Project.
• Work with the Office of the Columbia River, Ecology, to secure a new irrigation
water right for Kennewick Hospital District-owned lands.
• Support Eastern WA Water Conservancy Boards in conducting water right
change/transfers for irrigators, commercial interests, port districts, and cities.
• Assist ranchers and farmers in using the RCW stock water exemption to
build new cattle/dairy facilities.
• Assist nationally based food processers to secure new Columbia River water
right applications, under RCW 90.80 provisions.
• Provide the citizens of Eastern WA with new economic growth, and adding
tax revenue to support local and state infrastructure.
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