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Council authorizes city manager to sign drought‑relief MOU to release contract water to Yakima Basin

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Council authorized the city manager to execute a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Washington State Department of Ecology to allow release of a portion of the city's contract surface water into the Yakima River system for drought relief and basin operations.

The City Council authorized the city manager to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Washington State Department of Ecology to allow release of a portion of the city’s contract surface water into the Yakima River system as part of drought‑relief operations.

Public Works staff briefed the council on the MOU’s purpose: to make city‑owned contract water available for coordinated…

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