Changing climate will affect availability and demand for water in Washington’s Columbia River Basin and influence how water will be managed over the next 20 years, according to a new report being prepared for the Washington Department of Ecology’s Office of Columbia River.

How those changes could affect people, farms and fish will be shared at a series of free public workshops in June.

Three workshops are scheduled for June 21, 22 and 23 in Richland, Wenatchee and Spokane. They will give a first look at the 2016 Columbia River Basin Long-Term Water Supply and Demand Forecast.

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Contacts:

Jonathan Yoder, State of Washington Water Research Center director and professor in the WSU School of Economic Sciences, 509-335-8596

Melissa Downes, technical project lead in the Office of Columbia River, 509-454-4259