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SPOKANE (AP) — Officials say the Airway Heights water supply may be contaminated with chemicals from Fairchild Air Force Base just west of Spokane. The city and Air Force said in a joint statement Tuesday evening that Airway Heights water customers are advised to not drink city water nor use it for cooking until the water system is considered free of contaminants...

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Times reports that several hundred people rallied downtown to protest President Donald Trump's decision to advance the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline. The Army decided last year to explore alternate routes for the Dakota pipeline after the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and its supporters said the pipeline threatened drinking water and Native American cultural

$73 million is to be invested this year to rehabilitate and assess dams across the nation to ensure this critical infrastructure is protecting Americans from harm, securing public health and expanding water supplies in drought affected areas...

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Yakima County is set to study the possibility of drawing water from the Columbia River to assure adequate water supplies for agricultural irrigation. The county commissioners will commit $750,000 to a study next year...

usbr.gov   Plenty of water for growers in the Yakima Valley this year. The Bureau of Reclamation’s April 2012, Total Water Supply Available (TWSA) forecast for the Yakima Basin indicates a full water supply for both senior and junior water rights. ...