County commissioners should support GWMA

In the Columbia Basin we are dependent on groundwater to provide over 90 percent of our drinking water and over 25 percent of the irrigated farming. The problem is the deep basalt aquifers that provide our water supply is ancient water, and is 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 on their ground water 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) Administrati...