By Questen Inghram-Oct. 3, 2025
In a rare move, all surface water rights holders in the Yakima River Basin will see their water curtailed due to lack of available water.
The Washington Department of Ecology is ordering a halt to surface water use from Oct. 6 through the end of October, according to a news release.
Record-low reservoir storage and poor stream flows as the basin suffered a third year of drought conditions…
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