An agreement being negotiated between the Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Westland Irrigation District near Hermiston and the Bureau
of Reclamation could lead to federal legislation for a third and final
phase of the Umatilla Basin Project in Northeastern Oregon.
The first and second phases of the federal water-exchange project, which
cost $56 million over nine years, delivers Columbia River water to three
irrigation districts, which, in exchange, leave water …