1. Dialogues from the Odessa Ground Water Replacement Program
OGWRP
Clark Kagele, Manager, Kagele Family Farms
Jed Crowther, Development Coordinator, East Columbia Basin Irrigation District
Nate Andreini, Assistant Manager for Technical Services, East Columbia Basin Irrigation District
Stephen McFadden, Economic Development Director, Adams County

2. Odessa Subarea a declining aquifer

3. Columbia River Partnership
December 2004
Columbia River Initiative Memorandum of Understanding
February 2006
State’s Columbia River Water Resource Management Act

4. Odessa Subarea Special Study
Replace current groundwater irrigation in Odessa Subarea with CBP surface water
Avoid economic loss and address declining groundwater for agriculture & other uses
Fulfill obligation made by Reclamation and Ecology in the Columbia River MOU

5. OSSS – EIS – Bi-Op – ROD

6. Odessa – Final EIS Modified Partial Replacement Alternative
Maximize use of existing federal infrastructure
Provides replacement water both north and south of I-90
Allows phased development
East Low Canal at Bifurcation Plant

7. OGWRP – Where We’ve Been Partnerships Legislation Environmental Review
Securing Water Supplies
Lots of Construction

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19. Weber
Siphon
Lind
Coulee
Siphon

20. Warden Siphon

21. Kansas Prairie
1 & 2 Siphons

22. East Low
Canal Widening

23. OGWRP

24. Grant Funding Approach
The approach entails:
Assembling the baseline information needed to develop a project summary which can be used to “educate and market” the project to funding organizations.
Gathering the data, maps, budget information, etc. required for the document library necessary to support a grant application.
Preparing a “1 pager” on the project summarizing the Project Scope, Schedule, Budget and Funding plan. Highlighting the Project Benefits and the Stakeholders.   

25. Grant Funding Approach – continued
Building a Benefit Cost Analysis (BCA) and BCA narrative that will be used to identify the benefits of the project compared to its cost.
Search for applicable Grant Sources- State and Federal. Prepare Matrix of Options.
Writing a Grant Application once a Funding Notice is released that aligns with the project’s characteristics.

26. Grant Funding Approach - continued
Developing an Outreach Plan and beginning those efforts needed to gather Project support for identified funding opportunities.
Repeat the process until the Project is fully funded.

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30. County Road Bridges

31. 2018 Supplemental Transportation State Funds awarded to Adams County as Lead Agency for the Odessa County Road Bridge Replacement/Modification Project
Funds are for the Preliminary Engineering for up to 3 alternate bridge designs, costs, possible environmental and identification of ROW needed.
Adams County is currently working on WSDOT funding authorization for this project so we can start incurring engineering costs.

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36. VIDEO TIME!

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38. OGWRP Partners Department of Ecology U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Funding, Secondary use permit, aquifer monitoring
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Columbia Basin Project (CBP) Federal facilities & water right holder; Master Waster Service Contract
East Columbia Basin Irrigation District
Contract with Reclamation for O&M
WSC with landowners
Landowners
Participation & Feedback;
WSC with District & Easements
The Counties
Municipalities; County Road Bridges

39. Questions?
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