State Updating Water Plan

(KLIX)- Currently the Idaho Water Resource Board is presenting it proposed changes to

the Idaho Comprehensive State Water Plan. It is intended to serve as a guiding

document for water management throughout the state. Last night the board held a

public hearing on the proposed plan. Roughly a dozen people showed up,

including representative of the Twin Falls Canal Company and Clear Springs

Foods. Only a representative with the Idaho Water Users Association commented. Helen

Harrington with the Idaho Department of Water Resources says the last up date

to the plan was in 1996. The process for the current update began in 2007. Other meetings are scheduled throughout the summer in other parts of the state. The public can still comment until late

September 21 2012 at SWP@idwr.idaho.gov. The revised plan could make it before law makers by the next

legislative session.