Week 17: April 27 - May 3
April 29, 2002
On this day, the Washington State Department of Ecology ordered the Methow Valley Irrigation District to protect endangered fish by reducing its diversion of water from the Methow and Twisp rivers.
Part of a long-running dispute, the order required the district to curtail its diversion rate from both rivers to levels far below its previous diversion amounts. The order was based on the finding that the district has engaged in “wasteful diversion and use of water during low water years,” negatively affecting “aquatic resources of significant importance to the State of Washington” (Order No. DE O2WRCR-3950).
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