https://moxeegroundwater.org/learn-more daily 0.75 2022-07-11 https://moxeegroundwater.org/home daily 1.0 2023-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6216c2de928b8d3154aac41c/9cf00d07-bff7-461d-ab7c-80a937399e07/02_DSCN1648_MoxeeDrainFlume1_reduced.jpg Home Project Background: Importing Surface Water to Reduce Groundwater Declines Groundwater in the East Moxee Black Rock (EMBR) area east of the City of Yakima has declined by as much as 13 feet per year in local aquifers for the last several decades with hundreds of feet of decline measured in some water supply wells (click here to learn more). Over many years, local groundwater users have responded to the declines with increased water conservation, changing crop types, deepening of wells and pumps, and fallowing of lands. However, these measures alone are not enough to stop the continued declines in the local aquifers. Home to over 7,400 acres of prime irrigation farmland, dairies, a USDA Agricultural Center, commercial business, and hundreds of residences, severe groundwater declines in the EMBR area remain a water supply challenge with significant economic and public health risks. The most viable option to address this challenge is to import surface water from out-of-basin sources and develop a water bank and local infrastructure to distribute to groundwater users interested in participating in the water bank. Click here to learn about the Odessa Groundwater Replacement project addressing similar unsustainable groundwater declines in a robust agricultural setting in the Columbia Basin. Click here to take the surveys ⟶ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6216c2de928b8d3154aac41c/a96f4d16-f77a-46ce-93a6-e12715a79acd/Site+Location+copy.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6216c2de928b8d3154aac41c/559df23b-8e6d-4163-999b-c98ac313334d/06_DSCN1611_SMIDdiversionChannel_reduced.jpg Home - Please Help by the Initial and Follow-up Extended Surveys. If you are a groundwater user in the EMBR area, please help us by participating in the survey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6216c2de928b8d3154aac41c/327b113c-986d-4928-bbca-6d957180f8c9/04_DSCN1628_UpstreamOfTunnel_reduced.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6216c2de928b8d3154aac41c/0e932a35-a714-48c1-aa2f-a6f053f8a2c4/05_DSCN1652_MoxeeDrainFlume_reduced.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6216c2de928b8d3154aac41c/1f514b80-52cf-4603-b9f9-e94b85f0dfff/DSCN0006_orchrd_cropped.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6216c2de928b8d3154aac41c/7441836b-8096-4c92-86ac-9c6999218cc4/101_2717+vineyard_reduced.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6216c2de928b8d3154aac41c/933b05cd-a38c-436c-8eaf-21d4de6bac32/09_DSCN1651_MoxeeDrainSpillway_reduced.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6216c2de928b8d3154aac41c/1660078058235-3M4UGI7CK46APWYQ39Q7/20220802_160632.jpg Home https://moxeegroundwater.org/faq daily 0.75 2024-07-31 https://moxeegroundwater.org/surveylist daily 0.75 2022-12-22 https://moxeegroundwater.org/join daily 0.75 2025-05-06