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Water
obligations will be met
Reclamation
expects to make full deliveries to irrigators
By
STEVE KADEL
H&N
Staff Writer
April 13, 2007
There’s
good news for the Klamath Reclamation Project irrigators in the Bureau
of Reclamation’s 2007 water forecast.
Despite
predicting a below average water year, the agency believes there will be
enough water to meet Project responsibilities.
“We
can meet all our obligations for (tribal) trust issues and for
endangered species and provide enough water for our irrigators,” said
Jeffrey McCracken of the BOR’s mid-Pacific region.
Pablo
Arroyave, area manager for BOR’s Klamath Basin area office, agreed
with that assessment.
“We
are pleased to be able to report that the water level in Clear Lake
Reservoir is sufficient to make full deliveries to irrigators,” he
said. “Deliveries from Gerber Reservoir will also meet agricultural
needs this year.”
The
BOR expects to provide about 400,000 acre-feet of water from Upper
Klamath Lake to Project irrigators from April 1 through Sept. 30,
McCracken said.
That
volume is anticipated after factoring in requirements for Klamath
Lake’s water level and the flows that must go downstream for salmon.
Those requirements are mandated in biological opinions from the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
BOR also can call on reserves of up to 100,000 acre-feet of supplemental water, if required, through a water bank program consisting of off-stream storage, land idling, and ground-water pumping.
More information about the Klamath Project 2007 operations plan is available at: www.usbr.gov/mp/kbao/
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