“We need to protect water supplies,” says Wash. Gov. Ferguson. But conservation alone won’t solve the problem Hard water: Researchers are finding it difficult to track exactly where water in places like this irrigation canal near Yakima ultimately winds up. Photo: Robert Ashworth/Wikimedia Commons By Kendra Chamberlain. July 8, 2026. Even if it doesn’t come as a surprise, the news is sobering. Groundwater levels across the Columbia River Basin a…
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