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Hunt for water in Eastern Oregon has farmers scrambling to tap Columbia River

Outlet: The Oregonian

October 14, 2012

Early farmers claimed water rights and built seasonal dams to flood and saturate the rich bottom ground for the dry months. Later farmers built canals, tapped the Umatilla River, sank wells and pumped irrigation water, a practice that spread through the Umatilla Basin.

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