Streamline water infrastructure planning

Life on our eastern side of Washington’s so-called “Cascade divide” certainly offers many natural advantages: Less rain, more time spent outdoors in the sunshine, and an ideal climate for apples, wine grapes and many other crops, just to name a few.

Communities in Central Washington, and across the West at large, depend heavily on capturing water through surface water infrastructure projects that support our way of life.

Water projects such as dams and reservoirs are enormous undertakings that take years of planning and investment, but when completed, they harness water resources to foster eco...