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January 31, 2008

Does new report doom Black Rock Reservoir?

  • A draft environmental impact statement estimates only 16 cents in benefits would be created for every dollar spent to build and operate the Yakima Basin project.
    • By SHANNON DININNY
    Associated Press

    Image courtesy of Yakima County Development Association [enlarge]
    Black Rock Reservoir would be contained by a 600-foot-tall dam and cost $6.7 billion to build and operate.

    YAKIMA — The costs to build and operate a massive reservoir in central Washington's Yakima River basin exceed the benefits more than previously thought, according to a draft environmental impact statement released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.


     
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