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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On Tuesday, the Klamath Water Users Association held its annual meeting at the Klamath County Fairgrounds. Several hundred people attended the meeting which included dinner and social hour. The main focus of the event was on current water deliveries, the future of irrigation in the Klamath Basin, and an overall message of hope for basin farmers.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On January 1, power costs for irrigators in the Klamath and Lost River Basins in Oregon will drop by 3.5 percent, according to the Klamath Water Users Association. The reduction is welcome, especially given that Pacific Power had requested last February that the Oregon Public Utility Commission approve a ten percent increase in base rates for irrigation. KWUA intervened in the OPUC proceeding to oppose the increase, and the OPUC issued its decision last week.
Read MoreKlamath Falls, Ore. - At its regular March meeting, the KWUA Board of Directors unanimously elected Tricia Hill from Merrill, Oregon, as its President. She is the first woman to be President during the 66 years of KWUA’s existence.
Read MoreKlamath Water Users Association Executive Director Scott White has notified the KWUA Board of Directors of his decision to resign from the position. Scott has performed in the job since February 2016 and guided the organization through difficult times.
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River) today applauded the Senate passage of a landmark water package that includes funding he helped secure for drought relief for Klamath Basin irrigators. Walden included a provision in the Water Resources Development Act that authorizes $10 million annually for four years to the Bureau of Reclamation to implement needed drought relief measures for the $181 million dollar agriculture economy in the Klamath Basin. That measure passed the House of Representatives in September with Walden’s support.
Read MoreKlamath Falls, OR – Today [10/10/18], the United States Senate voted 99-1 to pass the America’s Water and Infrastructure Act of 2018 (AWIA), which includes provisions that are vital to Klamath Project water users. The bill (S. 3021) passed in the House of Representatives by unanimous vote on September 13th and now will be sent to the President for his signature.
Read MoreThis live video was taken moments after US District Court Judge William Orrick, Northern District of California had adjourned the water hearing in San Francisco on April 11, 2018.
Read MoreNext week KWUA and many Klamath Reclamation Project patrons will gather in San Francisco to attend a hearing that will determine the fate of the Klamath Reclamation Project in 2018.
KWUA would like to invite patrons of the Klamath Project who are interested in attending the hearing to ride down on a charter bus from Klamath Falls to San Francisco and back.
Read MoreThe Klamath Water Users Association has moved the date of the Annual Meeting back one day to April 12th.
Read MoreYesterday, [3/7/18] Water Users in the Klamath Project have asked a federal court in San Francisco to modify an injunction issued last year. The injunction, issued in cases brought by the Hoopa Valley and Yurok Tribes and environmental groups is in effect until federal agencies complete a new Endangered Species Act “consultation” process, which is not expected until after the 2019 irrigation season.
The motion, filed jointly by Klamath Water Users Association, Sunnyside Irrigation District, Klamath Irrigation District, Klamath Drainage District, and Tulelake farmer Ben Duval, who intervened in the cases, says the injunction was not necessary at all, but at very least should not apply in 2018. The water users filed the motion to avoid unnecessary harm to irrigators in what is already expected to be a water-short year.
Read MoreKlamath County, Ore. - $600 Million is contributed annually to the local economy from Klamath Basin Agriculture. The Klamath Water Users Association (KWUA) understands this well as do members of the Ag industry. However, many outside of this industry understand little about how Basin Agriculture operates and generates revenues into the economy.
To help bridge the gap, the KWUA organizes an annual harvest tour to show just what happens in education, fields, and processors. 2017 marks the 10th anniversary of the Fall Harvest Tour.
Read MoreMalin, Ore. - The Klamath Water Users Association (KWUA) is known for advocating for farmers and ranchers on a daily basis. However, each fall they organize a harvest tour where the general public can hop on a bus and travel to fields, sheds and processors to see just how the produce goes from the field to the table.
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