No other system has so transformed the Yakima Basin. Without it the economy would collapse and over time the orchards, vineyards and hop fields would wither and die as the region reverted to the vast ...

Roza Irrigation District, which services farmers from Yakima to Benton City, has announced a temporary shutdown of its canal.

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- We may be dealing with a third year of drought, but at some point, we will experience a wet year again. When that happens, the Fresno Irrigation District will be in a ...

Certain hotspots in the country will experience severe reductions in crop yields by 2050, due to climate change's impact on irrigation, a new study by climate scientists, economists, and agriculture ...

PINAL COUNTY, ARIZ. • Colorado River basin water has transformed Nancy Caywood’s fields in the desert southwest of Phoenix into carpets of green cotton and alfalfa for generations. But in June, the ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Sustainable rates of groundwater withdrawal in Oregon’s Harney Basin were surpassed 20 years prior to the time declining groundwater levels were generally recognized, a new ...