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Archive Home > 2004 > July > 30 > Program keeps more water in river

Program keeps more water in river

Water-rights holders agree to lease their shares

By Eric Flowers / The Bulletin
July 30, 2004

For more than 20 years the sprinkler system churned night and day during irrigation season at Basil Karras' property, which sits between a rural subdivision and a vast expanse of federal land east of Tumalo.

But this summer Karras' tractor sits idle and his irrigation pumps and lines are gone.....

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