Echo NewsLocal news for Echo, OR continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.State seeks bids to begin Umatilla water basin project- February 26, 2008 Posted by Eric Mortenson, The Oregonian February 25, 2008 16:17PM State water officials will ask contractors for bids next week on a novel plan to recharge underground aquifers in Eastern Oregon by drawing ... via Oregonlive.comhttp://www.topix.net/city/echo-or/2008/02/state-seeks-bids-to-begin-umatilla-water-basin-p... Going with the flow- February 20, 2008 T here's a reason it's called Oregon's high desert. You go uphill to get there, and when you arrive, you notice that it hardly ever rains. via The Oregonianhttp://www.topix.net/city/echo-or/2008/02/going-with-the-flow?fromrss=1 Dry Eastern Oregon famers may tap the Columbia- February 8, 2008 "You'd have a lot of opportunities if you got the full water right available to you" Water is life in dry Eastern Oregon, and farmers in the Umatilla basin have been getting by on progressively smaller sips since the 1970s. via Oregonlive.comhttp://www.topix.net/city/echo-or/2008/02/dry-eastern-oregon-famers-may-tap-the-columbia?f... |