Letter to the Editor: Support urged for GWMA funding sources

In the Columbia Basin we are dependent on groundwater to provide over 90% of our drinking water and over 25% of the irrigated farming. The problem is that the deep basalt aquifers that provide our water supply contain ancient water and are not being recharged (see video http://www.youtube. com/watch?v =2cFOYvtJejw).

The cities and towns in the Columbia Basin will soon receive a report of their groundwater conditions and future water supply. As a former Adams County Commissioner, irrigation supplier, orchardist and member of the Columbia Basin Ground Water Management Area (GWMA) Administrative...