NEWS

NRCS intends to prepare a supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Odessa Subarea Special Study Project Contact: Jules Riley, NRCS Water Resources Planning Specialist Email:

The East Columbia Basin Irrigation District (ECBID) has announced that no additional Declaration of Candidacy Petitions for the open Board positions were filed and will therefore not hold an election.

MOSES LAKE – Water delivery has resumed to irrigation users on the East Low Canal following a significant break that occurred near Moses Lake, on August 5.

Spokane Valley, WA – (June 26, 2024) – The East Columbia Basin Irrigation District (ECBID)
and project partners seek federal funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural
Resources and Conservation Service (NRCS) Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention
Program, Public Law 83-566 (PL 83-566).

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. – (June 20, 2024) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural
Resources Conservation Service – Washington (NRCS-WA) has adopted the 2012 Odessa
Subarea Special Study Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) produced by the Bureau of
Reclamation (Reclamation) in cooperation with the Washington State Department of Ecology
(Ecology).

From miles away, you can smell this 8,700-person hamlet on the high plains of central Washington. To locals, it smells like home. To anyone else, it’s the smell of french fries.

East Columbia Basin Irrigation District (ECBID) Secretary-Manager Craig Simpson and Assistant Manager for Technical Services Nate Andreini recently attended the Western Water Seminar, hosted by the National Water Resources Association.