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July 2, 2009
Yakima water: $18M for studies, but still no plan
By SHANNON DININNY
Associated Press Writer
Associated Press Writer
YAKIMA — In the first of likely many meetings, state and federal officials met Tuesday with tribal and local elected officials, conservation groups and irrigation districts on how best to improve the water supply in central Washington's arid Yakima Valley.
The meeting is hardly the first of its kind in Eastern Washington, where drought years mean low stream flows, dwindling fish runs and an interrupted supply of water for some irrigators and municipalities.
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