Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association Company Profile
The Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association has become a leader in promoting water conservation and water efficiency in the Pacific Northwest. CSRIA’s membership includes row crop, vineyard, orchard and livestock operations and we irrigate about 250,000 acres of prime agricultural lands in Washington State and primarily consist of operations along the Columbia-Snake River system, relying almost exclusively on private investment to build and operate highly efficient, state-of-the-art river pump stations and water distribution systems. Additionally, many municipalities and port districts are members of CSRIA. In economic terms, CSRIA members annually generate about $475-600 million in state and local income by purchasing goods and services from numerous economic sectors, ranging from paper products and food packaging to financial, legal and marketing services.
News from Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association:
Odessa Aquifer Irrigators File Lawsuit Against East Columbia Basin Irrigation District Challenging Its Illegal Development Fee Scheme
RITZVILLE, Wash., Sept. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — On behalf of several Odessa Aquifer Irrigators, the Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association (CSRIA) has filed a lawsuit in Adams County Superior Court against the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District (ECBID). Photo – http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150916/267110 Photo – http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150916/267111 In particular, the CSRIA/Odessa Aquifer Irrigators' "Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief" states […]
Odessa Aquifer Irrigators Keep Legal Pressure on US Bureau of Reclamation
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 11, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association (CSRIA) is strongly opposing the US Bureau of Reclamation's (BOR) motion to dismiss CSRIA's lawsuit (on behalf of several Odessa Subarea Aquifer Irrigators) against the agency in the Eastern District of Washington (US District Court). In the lawsuit filed in May, CSRIA and […]
Failed Water Management in the Odessa Subarea of Washington State
MOSES LAKE, Wash., July 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Successful water resources management requires competence and honesty. Competence depends on comprehending sound technical and financial information; and honesty means not deceiving others, or worse, deceiving yourself. Neither the Pacific Northwest Region Office, USBR nor the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District have embraced this standard in "reviewing" the […]
Odessa Aquifer Irrigators and CSRIA File Lawsuit Against US Bureau of Reclamation
KENNEWICK, Wash., May 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Odessa Subarea Irrigators and the Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association (CSRIA) have filed a lawsuit against the United States Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) in the Eastern District of Washington (US District Court), stressing that BOR has arbitrarily delayed and blocked the approval of a new water service contract for […]
Private Capital for New Water Supplies in Eastern Washington
KENNEWICK, Wash., April 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Twenty-First Century water resources management will be best served by engaging the power of private sector capital and respecting viable project economics. For the Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association (CSRIA), this means acting on sound technical and financial information, and conveying honesty by not attempting to deceive others, or worse, […]
Odessa Aquifer Irrigators Reject ECBID Financial Plan
MOSES LAKE, Wash., April 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Odessa Aquifer Subarea Irrigators are strongly rejecting the US Bureau of Reclamation's and the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District's "Normative" Socialized Financing Proposal for the Delivery of Surface Water to the Odessa Subarea. Photo – http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150331/195611 Photo – http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150331/195612 In recent correspondence to the US Bureau of Reclamation […]
Capital Budget Committee Holds Special Work Session in Olympia on the Privately Funded Project to Bring Surface Water to Odessa Aquifer Deep Well Irrigators
OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — On December 5th, the House Capital Budget Committee held a Work Session in Olympia. During the Work Session a presentation was provided about the Privately Funded Project to bring Surface Water to Deep Well Irrigators in the Odessa Aquifer by Darryll Olsen Ph.D., Board Representative, Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association (CSRIA), […]
Over 100 People Attend Recent Luncheon about the Privately Funded Project to Bring Surface Water to Odessa Aquifer Deep Well Irrigators in Washington State
East Columbia Basin Irrigation District and US Bureau of Reclamation Urged to Sign Water Service Contract So That System 1 Project North of I-90 Can Begin Right Away MOSES LAKE, Wash., Nov. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Over 100 people attended a recent Luncheon in Moses Lake, Washington regarding the Privately Funded Project to bring Surface […]
Luncheon to Be Held on Oct. 27th in Moses Lake to Present/Discuss the Privately Funded Project to Bring Surface Water to Odessa Aquifer Deep Well Irrigators
MOSES LAKE, Wash., Oct. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association (CSRIA) will be hosting a Luncheon on October 27th at the ATEC Masto Conference Center at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake to provide an update and to discuss the privately funded/financed project to bring surface water to Odessa Aquifer deep […]
CSRIA Submits Water Service Contract to the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District for System 1 of the Privately Funded Project to Bring Irrigation Water to the Odessa Aquifer Subarea
OTHELLO, Wash., June 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association (CSRIA) has submitted a Water Service Contract to the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District for System 1 of CSRIA's Privately Funded/Financed Project in which Odessa Aquifer deep well irrigators would privately fund/finance and build a lateral pipeline (System 1) east from the East Low […]
CSRIA Privately Funded Project Continues to Move Forward to Bring Irrigation Water to the Odessa Aquifer Subarea
MOSES LAKE, Wash., April 8, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association (CSRIA) held a special briefing on Friday, April 4 in Moses Lake regarding the status and progress of the CSRIA's Privately Funded/Financed Project in which Odessa Aquifer deep well irrigators would privately fund/finance and build lateral pipelines (Systems 1-4) east from the […]
House and Senate Capital Budgets Include Important Funding to Help Odessa Aquifer
OLYMPIA, Wash., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Last week it was announced that the recently released 2013-15 House and Senate Capital Budgets include approximately $32 million in capital funding (from the Columbia River Water Supply Development Account) to help the Odessa Aquifer. The $32 million included in the capital budgets is a result of efforts by […]
CSRIA's Privately Funded Plan to Help Resolve Odessa Aquifer Crisis Receives Widespread Support
RITZVILLE, Wash., Aug. 2, 2012 — The Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association's (CSRIA) plan for irrigators to privately fund and/or use private financing to bring surface water to the Odessa Aquifer Subarea north of I-90 is being widely endorsed by many newspapers and decision-makers as a viable, cost-effective and realistic option to immediately begin replacing the […]
CSRIA Review of Odessa Subarea Gives Decision-Makers Better Understanding of Water Supply Alternatives
RITZVILLE, Wash., Jan. 9, 2012 — Responding to requests by local and state officials to bring some clarity to the complex Odessa Subarea groundwater issue, Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association (CSRIA) economists and engineers on Jan. 4th presented a compelling review of two surface water alternatives that could serve the Subarea: an approach that would require […]
Legislation Introduced to Create Washington State Water Commission to Streamline and Reform State Management of Water Resources
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 19, 2011 — On Friday, January 14th, important government reform and efficiency legislation (http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1296&year=2011 & http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5210&year=2011), titled "Creating a Water Commission," was introduced by 29 legislators in the Washington State House and Senate. In particular, House Bill 1296 and Senate Bill 5210 would downsize the Washington State Department of Ecology and transfer […]
Despite Overwhelming Benefits of O&M Water Conservation, Ecology Expresses Strange and Unfounded Concerns
OLYMPIA, Wash., Aug. 24, 2010 — Washington State Department of Ecology officials are expressing strange and unfounded concerns about irrigators doing an Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Water Conservation Program. In fact, in a recent article (http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/08/13/1128908/mid-columbia-farmers-at-odds-with.html), Ken Slattery, Director of the Department of Ecology's Water Resources Program, claims that "evapotranspiration" (i.e., an alleged loss of […]
Over 40 Washington State Legislators Ask Governor Gregoire to Immediately Approve Water Conservation Program
OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 9, 2010 — Last week, over 40 Washington State Senate and House members sent letters (http://uploading.com/files/get/5e5cf814/ and http://uploading.com/files/get/49d56412/) to Governor Christine Gregoire, urging her to support the immediate implementation of the Water Conservation Operation & Maintenance Program (O&M Water Conservation Program), which would allow irrigators to utilize seasonal water conservation measures such […]
Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association to Donate Shipment of Potatoes and Apples to White Center Food Bank in Seattle
SEATTLE, Dec. 31, 2008 — The Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association (CSRIA) will be donating a truckload of potatoes and apples to the White Center Food Bank (10829 8th Ave SW) in Seattle on Tuesday, January 6th. The donation came about as a result of a meeting a couple of months ago that CSRIA had with […]
