Tiny bill highlights Idaho aquifer plan’s big woes
The Legislature’s struggle to create a small, voluntary fund to protect a southeastern Idaho aquifer underscores the state’s failure to come up with a permanent way to pay for managing the water source...
View ArticleWater rights transfer, supply bank applications backlogged
Budget and staff cuts at the Idaho Department of Water Resources mean certain water usage applications are backing up, agency officials said. Applications to transfer water rights are backlogged. Using...
View ArticlePanel: Aquifer planning effort comes as Treasure Valley needs more data
Water-supply shortages and rights conflicts were happening in south central Idaho before a group of stakeholders developed the comprehensive management plan now in place for the Eastern Snake Plain...
View ArticleFive areas of Panhandle receive water rights claim notices
The Idaho Department of Water Resources during the week of June 7 will send notices about water right claims in the Northern Idaho Adjudication to residents of the Cataldo, Harrison, Medimont, St....
View ArticleLate-season recharge of aquifer likely on East Snake Plain
The Idaho Water Resource Board is moving ahead with plans for an aquifer-recharge program on the eastern Snake River Plain this fall. Brian Patton, Planning Bureau chief with the Idaho Department of...
View ArticleAquifer recharge starts in middle, upper Snake
Aquifer recharge is under way in the upper and middle Snake River. Fremont-Madison Irrigation District, in the Henry’s Fork area near Rexburg on the upper Snake, and Southwest Irrigation District near...
View ArticleBusiness Briefs
Village in Meridian adding three restaurants this winter Chipotle, Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar and Grill and Twig’s Bistro and Martini Bar will all open in The Village at Meridian this winter. The...
View ArticleDeveloper sues HOA in Eagle that it created
A housing developer is suing the homeowners association it created, the result of a contentious fight over water in the Two Rivers development in Eagle. The T.R. Company sued Nov. 21 in Ada County...
View ArticleIdaho company pushes plan to divert Big Wood water
A company’s proposal to divert water from a central Idaho river to recharge a local aquifer so its clients can use their wells during dry periods has drawn opposition from conservation groups,...
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