PO BOX 68
MILTON FREEWATER, OR  97862   Coordinator:  Brian Wolcott   brian.wolcott@wwbwc.org
www.wwbwc.org

Image:  Hudson Bay Aquifer Recharge site

The Council meets every third Monday at 7pm in the Milton-Freewater Community Center Rotary Room (505 Ward Street, Milton-Freewater).

The Walla Walla Watershed Council had an innovative shallow aquifer recharge test project installed in cooperation with Hudson Bay District Improvement Company with support from the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board and others.  The Walla Walla watershed's biggest issue is restoring enough flow to the Walla Walla River to satisfy the needs of Endangered Species Act-listed fish, while still maintaining adequate irrigation water for its agriculture based economy. The Walla Walla Basin Watershed Council has helped irrigation districts and individual farmers be more efficient by bringing in over $1.3 million for piping delivery ditches and converting 84 farms to more efficient sprinkler systems. Water saved from the projects is transferred in-stream to re-water an historically dewatered reach of the river, restoring fish passage and habitat.