Articles written by Jerry Williamson

Jerry Williamson|Jun 27, 2012

We have a serious challenge facing Grant County and our region – a declining aquifer system that threatens our future. Over the past 15 years, the Columbia Basin Ground Water Management Area, or ‘GWMA’, has secured state ($7.64 million) and federal ($5.7 million) funding to conduct ground water research and implement projects to assess and protect ground water quality, availability, and help identify future supply options. They’ve developed a comprehensive ground water and land use database, with a ‘hydrologic’ model that is being used to ass...