Yakima River Basin Water Storage Feasibility Study

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Reports and Other Documents

  Progress Reports HTML
12/2008 Final Planning Report/EIS and Technical Reports HTML
12/2008 GIS Metadata HTML
05/2008 Public Comments Received for the Yakima Basin Storage Study Draft Planning Report/EIS HTML
02/2008 Minutes from the Public Hearings for the Draft Planning Report/EIS: 02/28/2008 PDF 204 kb
02/2008 Minutes from the Public Hearings for the Draft Planning Report/EIS: 02/27/2008 PDF 243 kb
01/2008 Draft Planning Report/EIS and Technical Reports HTML
01/2008 TS-YSS-24: A High-Level Class 1 Inventory of Cultural Resources for the Yakima River Basin Storage Study in Benton, Kittitas, and Yakima Counties, Washington PDF 196 kb
01/2008 TS-YSS-23: Economics Technical Report for the Yakima River Basin PDF 3.4 mb
01/2008 TS-YSS-22: Aquatic Ecosystem Evaluation for the Yakima River Basin PDF 1.8 mb
01/2008 Technical Report on the Enhanced Water Conservation Alternative for the Yakima River Basin Water Storage Feasibility Study PDF 625 kb
Ecology Publication Number 07-11-044
01/2008 Technical Report on Groundwater Storage Alternatives for Yakima River Basin Storage Assessment PDF 20.20 mb
Ecology Publication Number 07-11-044
01/2008 Technical Report on Market-Based Reallocation of Water Resources Alternative PDF 287 kb
Ecology Publication Number 07-11-044
01/2008 Technical Report on Socioeconomic Impacts of the State Alternatives PDF 336 kb
Ecology Publication Number 07-11-044
01/2008 Technical Report on Cultural Resources PDF 272 kb
Ecology Publication Number 07-11-044
01/2008 TS-YSS-21: System Operations Technical Document for the Yakima River Basin PDF 1.2 mb
01/2008 TS-YSS-20: Geologic Report for Appraisal Assessment — Wymer Dam and Reservoir PDF 7.28 mb
01/2008 TS-YSS-15: Yakima River Basin Reservoir and River Recreation Survey Report of Findings PDF 1.3 mb
01/2008 TS-YSS-13: Assessment of the Effects of the Yakima Basin Storage Study on Columbia River Fish Proximate to Proposed Intake Locations PDF 8.82 mb
01/2008 Analysis of the Affects of Yakima River Basin Water Storage Feasibility Study Alternatives on Black Cottonwood Seedling Recruitment PDF 375 kb
01/2008 TS-YSS-17: Sediment Transport Modeling of the Yakima Basin PDF 1 mb
12/2007 TS-YSS-12: Identifying Stream Habitat Features with a Two-Dimensional Hydraulic Model PDF 2 mb
11/2007 TS-YSS-18: Supplemental Report for Appraisal Assessment – Geology and Hydrogeology, Right Abutment, Black Rock Damsite PDF 17.90 mb
11/2007 TS-YSS-14: One-Dimensional Hydraulic Modeling of the Yakima Basin PDF 477 kb
10/2007 Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Report PDF 3.56 mb
10/2007 TS-YSS-16: Yakima River Basin Storage Study: Wymer Dam and Reservoir Appraisal Report PDF 10.91 mb
09/2007 TS-YSS-19: Modeling Groundwater Hydrologic Impacts of the Potential Black Rock Reservoir HTML
06/2007 Appraisal Evaluation of Columbia River Mainstem Off-Channel Storage Options Report HTML
05/2007 Potential Impacts of Leakage from Black Rock Reservoir on the Hanford Site Unconfined Aquifer: Initial Hypothetical Simulations of Flow and Contaminant Transport PDF 5.0 mb
03/2007 Scoping Summary Report PDF 586 kb
02/2007 TS-YSS-10: Recreation Demand and User Preference Analysis PDF 5.31 mb
The Bureau of Reclamation and the Washington Department of Ecology hosted two open houses and public scoping meetings in Yakima, Washington on January 23, 2007.
03/2007 Summary Report PDF 586 kb
01/2007 Notice of Public Scoping PDF 51 kb
  Meeting Handouts PDF 440 kb
  Comment Form PDF 36 kb

The Washington State Department of Ecology is joint lead agency with Reclamation per Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Regulations Section 1501.5. In accordance with State Environmental Policy Act, Ecology has issued the following Determination of Significance and Request for Comments on Scope of EIS for the project.
12/2006 Determination of Significance and Request for Comment on Scope of Environmental Impact Statement Yakima Basin Water Storage Feasibility Study PDF 131 kb
12/2006 Notice of intent to prepare a combined Planning Report and Environmental Impact Statement PDF 53 kb
Storage Study Team Technical Information and Hydrologic Analysis for Plan Formulation
11/2006 Storage Study Team Technical Information and Hydrologic Analysis for Plan Formulation Report PDF 1.2 mb (includes transmittal letter, report, & smaller maps)
11/2006 Reference Map PDF 14.0 mb (large file)
10/2006 TS-YSS-11: Appraisal Assessment of the Yakima River Pump Exchange Alternative Delivery System for Roza and Sunnyside Valley Irrigation Districts PDF 19.97 mb
09/2006 TS-YSS-09: Columbia River Water Exchange Direct Delivery Appraisal Study PDF 3.60 mb
Yakima River Basin Storage Alternatives Appraisal Assessment
05/2006 TS-YSS-08: Yakima River Basin Storage Alternatives Appraisal Assessment PDF 6.0 mb
Yakima River Basin Water Storage Feasibility Study
09/2005 Questions and Answers about the Study PDF 60 kb
08/2005 Status Report PDF 44 kb
08/2005 Fact Sheet: Fishery Habitat Model Development and Use PDF 73 kb
08/2005 Economic Analysis PDF 40 kb
03/2005 Questions and Answers from the Public Meeting PDF 84 kb
09/2003 Plan of Study HTML
Appraisal Assessment of the Black Rock Alternative
12/2004 TS-YSS-07: Summary Report, including Executive Summary PDF 12.23 mb
12/2004 TS-YSS-06: Appraisal Assessment of Hydrogeology at Potential Black Rock Damsite PDF 3.3 mb
12/2004 TS-YSS-05: Appraisal Assessment of Geology at Potential Black Rock Damsite PDF 7.07 mb
12/2004 TS-YSS-04: Appraisal Assessment of the Black Rock Alternative Delivery System for Sunnyside Division PDF 5.42 mb
12/2004 TS-YSS-03: Appraisal Assessment of the Black Rock Alternative Delivery System for Roza, Terrace Heights, Selah-Moxee, and Union Gap Irrigation Districts PDF 8.25 mb
12/2004 TS-YSS-02: Appraisal Assessment of the Black Rock Alternative Facilities and Field Cost Estimates PDF 22.67 mb
03/2004 TS-YSS-01: Preliminary Appraisal Assessment of Columbia River Water Availability for a Potential Black Rock Project PDF 719 kb

Contact

Wendy Christensen
(509) 573-8050
gchristensen@usbr.gov

Bureau of Reclamation
Pacific Northwest Region
Columbia-Cascades Area Office
1917 Marsh Road
Yakima, WA 98901-2058


Last Updated: 8/19/20