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Rrigation Leader Ispecial Edition August 2017 rrigation Leader ISpecial Edition August 2017 100 YEARS OF KENNEWICK IRRIGATION DISTRICT Welcome From President Gene Huffman LOOKING BACK Kennewick Irrigation District (KID) has come a long way in the 10 years I have served on the board of directors. And with our 100th anniversary upon us, I have been thinking about where we have been and where we are headed, and I have also been thinking about how I got office starts with the manager, and in KID’s started with the organization. “Technology is case, the board of directors as well. We have My educational background is in also made big progress on our projects, such agriculture, and I have owned and operated always changing as canal lining, pump consolidation, and the a farm, raising alfalfa, apples, and onions. I and updating, so Red Mountain Project. worked as an electrical troubleshooter and I believe that, in service manager, dealing with all phases of A CHANGING CUSTOMER BASE irrigation, from design to implementation; the future, we as a heavy-duty mechanic; and as a realtor. I What has changed the most for KID over also served 20 years on a rural school board. will have more the years is the amount of urban growth. One day, I approached a ditchrider tools and software There is a lot less farm land. At first, this from KID because I did not have irrigation urban growth created challenges for us, but pressure. When I told him about my issues to successfully we have addressed them. The way we were and asked what was going on, he said I did deliver water.” originally set up was not the best for an not have pressure because everyone was urbanized community, but we have made the irrigating at the same time. I then drove -GENE HUFFMAN necessary changes to make the systems work around the neighborhood to see if that was efficiently. the case, and it was not. The true reason was a bad pump. LOOKING AHEAD Speaking with my wife about my frustrations, she told me since I knew so much about irrigation, I should run for the I feel the biggest challenge we will face is the quantity KID board of directors. So I did. of water we receive. We need to plan for that now. Other challenges I foresee are getting most of our canals lined OUR PEOPLE ARE OUR SUCCESS and piped and addressing the expense of converting urban One thing that has always been instrumental to KID customers to meters. is our people. My favorite part of being on the board Technology is always changing and updating, so I believe of directors is working with the people we have hired, that in the future, we will have more tools and software to especially when we hire the right people for the right job. successfully deliver water. For example, since hiring District Manager Chuck Freeman, My advice to the next generation of board members? KID has grown and benefitted. Hire the best manager you can find who knows what he I feel we have made a lot of progress since I have been or she is doing, because a good manager can make all the on the board. The first step was hiring a good manager and difference. having an involved board of directors. This really changed I am proud of KID’s growth and success, and I am proud the atmosphere of the office, because the attitude of the to be part of this great team. Here’s to the next 100 years! 2 Irrigation Leader AUGUST 2017 CONTENTS rrigation Leader 2 Welcome From President Gene Huffman I 4 Making the Desert Bloom: The Benefits of Urban SPECIAL EDITION Forests in a Shrub-Steppe Ecoregion Irrigation Leader is published 10 times a year 6 Dedication to Service on KID’s Board: with combined issues for July/August and John Pringle November/December by Water Strategies LLC 4 E Street SE KID PROJECTS Washington, DC 20003 7 Life at the End of the Project: Water Supply for the STAFF: Kennewick Irrigation District Kris Polly, Editor-in-Chief John Crotty, Senior Writer Bateman Island Causeway Modification Project: Matthew Dermody, Writer 10 Julia Terbrock, Graphic Designer Working Together for the Greater Good in the Lower Capital Copyediting LLC, Copyeditor Yakima SUBMISSIONS: 13 The Integrated Plan: The Yakima River Basin Water Irrigation Leader welcomes manuscript, Enhancement Program photography, and art submissions. However, the right to edit or deny publishing The Lower River Subgroup: Meeting the Challenge of submissions is reserved. Submissions 14 are returned only upon request. For more Salmon Recovery and Resilient Water Supply in the information, please contact John Crotty at Lower Yakima River (202) 698-0690 or [email protected]. 17 Investing in Kennewick’s Future: The Capital Improvement Program ADVERTISING: Irrigation Leader accepts one-quarter, half- The Next 25 Years: The Chandler Electrification page, and full-page ads. For more information 18 on rates and placement, please contact Project Kris Polly at (703) 517-3962 or The Case for Title Transfer [email protected]. 20 CIRCULATION: Irrigation Leader is distributed to irrigation OUR DISTRICT district managers and boards of directors in the 17 western states, U.S. Bureau of Helping Hands Takes the Burden Off Their Shoulders Reclamation officials, members of Congress 21 and committee staff, and advertising sponsors. For address corrections or The Public Relations Coordinator’s Role in the additions, please contact our office at 22 Kennewick Irrigation District [email protected]. Retiring Staff Interview: Pat Clark Copyright © 2017 Water Strategies LLC. 24 Irrigation Leader relies on the excellent contributions of a variety of natural resources 25 KID’s Longest-Serving Pump Technician: professionals who provide content for the DeWayne Miller magazine. However, the views and opinions expressed by these contributors are solely Customer Service at KID those of the original contributor and do not 26 necessarily represent or reflect the policies or positions of Irrigation Leader magazine, The History of Kennewick Irrigation District its editors, or Water Strategies LLC. The 28 acceptance and use of advertisements Budgeting for Kennewick Irrigation District’s Future in Irrigation Leader do not constitute 34 a representation or warranty by Water Strategies LLC or Irrigation Leader magazine The Next 100 Years at Kennewick Irrigation District regarding the products, services, claims, or 36 companies advertised. COVER PHOTO: Kennewick Irrigation District Main Canal Follow Irrigation Leader magazine on social media (Courtesy of Doris Rakowski at KID). /IrrigationLeader @IrrigationLeadr Irrigation Leader 3 MAKING THE DESERT BLOOM 7KH%HQHŦWVRI8UEDQ)RUHVWVLQD6KUXE6WHSSH(FRUHJLRQ raveling across the shrub-steppe hills and agricultural plains of eastern Washington, one cannot help but notice the vibrant urban forest that appears as one enters the TTri-Cities. A rarity in our arid region, this forest is made possible by irrigation, which in large areas of Kennewick and south Richland is the result of water diverted from the Yakima River and delivered by the Kennewick Irrigation District (KID). 4 Irrigation Leader Prior to the arrival of irrigation OHVVZHOONQRZQWKDWLUULJDWLRQEHQH¿WV precipitation comes in the form of in the area, the dominant natural natural resources in urban areas—the sudden thunderstorms that drop a lot vegetation found in the Tri-Cities was effect is just as dramatic on urban of rain in a short period of time. This shrub-steppe. In fact, the Tri-Cities is areas as on agricultural areas. One kind of precipitation can overwhelm located in the heart of an ecoregion striking example in the Tri-Cities, and VWRUPGUDLQVDQGFDXVHORFDOÀRRGLQJ known by various names, including within the KID boundary, is the urban of streets. Columbia Basin, Intermountain forest that is found in our community. Summer shade provided by urban Semi-Desert Province, and Columbia Contrary to the belief that cities trees reduces building energy use and Plateau. Regardless of the name, and urbanized lands are devoid of associated costs and contributes to this ecoregion has an arid climate nature and wildlife, the truth is that cooling surface air temperatures and (7–10 inches of precipitation per cities do contain habitat for a variety absorbing ultraviolet radiation, which year), an ample number of frost-free of species that can adapt to the urban is crucial to making desert areas such days (140–200 days per year), cool environment. The urban forest of as the Tri-Cities livable during the hot winters (average January minimum trees and shrubs planted along streets, summer months. temperature of 30 degrees Fahrenheit), in parks, and in backyards provides Trees in urban areas also provide and warm summers (average July high habitat for a variety of species, which VLJQL¿FDQWHFRQRPLFVRFLDODQG temperature of 89 degrees Fahrenheit). in the Tri-Cities can range from FXOWXUDOEHQH¿WVWRDFRPPXQLW\ These natural conditions, without porcupines and raccoons to Cooper’s including opportunities for outdoor supplemental irrigation water, are hawks and robins. recreation; gathering of natural dominated by dryland vegetation Besides providing wildlife habitat, products, such as fruit and nuts; and such as Wyoming sagebrush, the urban forest provides numerous aesthetic, spiritual, psychological, and rabbit brush, Sandberg wheatgrass, RWKHUEHQH¿WVWRWKH7UL&LWLHVDQG SXEOLFKHDOWKEHQH¿WV7UHHVDOVREORFN needle-and-thread grass, and Indian other communities across the nation. sound, reducing noise pollution from ricegrass. These species of shrubs Urban forests include all publicly cars and highways and other urban and grasses make up the shrub-steppe and privately owned trees and land uses. The urban forest can also habitat that dominates the region. woody vegetation in urban areas and, improve a community’s economic Besides a few scattered remnant nationally, constitute 25 percent of the well being by increasing residential groves of western juniper in the total forest canopy.
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