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Idaho Water Resource Board outlines $575 million in projects, calls for more recharge capacity
Summary
Board Chairman Jeff Rehbould told the House committee the board has overseen roughly $575 million since 2019 and is funding recharge, canal repairs, cloud seeding and reservoir projects but needs substantially more upper-basin recharge capacity.
Jeff Rehbould, chairman of the Idaho Water Resource Board, told the Idaho House Resources Committee the board has received significant funding in recent years and is distributing grants and loans for recharge, aging infrastructure, telemetry and other water-supply projects across the state.
"We’ve had about $575,000,000 appropriated to the board since 2019," Rehbould said, summarizing multi-year appropriations the board is managing for statewide projects.
Major programs and allocations
Rehbould described two principal funding sources: a water-management account with roughly $337 million (principal and interest) and an approximately $250 million allocation of American Rescue Plan Act funds. Board programs include aging-infrastructure grants (competitive grants that can cover up to…
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