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2016 Columbia River Basin Long Term Supply and Demand Forecast

Every five years, The Washington State Department of Ecology Office of Columbia River (OCR) is required to submit a long-term water supply and demand forecast to the Legislature. The 2016 Forecast will help OCR strategically fund water supply projects by improving under-standing of where additional water supply is most critically needed, now and in the future. The Forecast provides a generalized, system-wide assessment of how future environmental and economic conditions are likely to change water supply and demand By the 2030s, and is evaluated at three geographic tiers: the entire Columbia River basin, Eastern Washington’s watersheds, and Washington’s Columbia River mainstem. This is the third report that the WRC conducted.
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Benefit-Cost Analysis of Yakima Basin Integrated Plan Projects

The State of Washington Capital Budget for 2013 charged the State of Washington Water Research Center to prepare separate benefit-cost analyses for each of the projects proposed in the 2012 Yakima River Basin Water Resource Management Plan. This report is in response to the legislative charge.
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Columbia River Basin 2011 Long-Term Supply and Demand Forecast

The Forecast provides a generalized, system-wide assessment of how future environmental and economic conditions are likely to change water supply and demand by 2030. Understanding where additional water supply is most critically needed will assist OCR in making smarter investments that help improve water supply for eastern Washington's instream and out-of-stream users.
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