Local farmers continue working towards longterm groundwater management plan as state committee discussions fail

IDAHO FALLS – A state advisory council tasked with coming up with a longterm groundwater management plan is effectively terminated after failing to reach an agreement. That’s what happened during Tuesday’s meeting with the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer Groundwater Management Plan Advisory Council, according to attorney TJ Budge, who represents Idaho Ground Water Appropriators. IGWA is an umbrella organization that encompasses nine groundwater districts affected by a water curtailment order issued by the Idaho Department of Water Resources on May 30.

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