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Idaho doesn’t have a water shortage, ... “In 1983, an epic battle erupted between the State of Idaho and Idaho Power Company over the company’s water right at its Swan Falls Dam.
Jones outlined how he, Gov. John Evans and others resolved this conflict through the Swan Falls Agreement, preventing a monopoly over Idaho’s water resources.
TWIN FALLS - The Idaho Department of Water Resources is not in danger of violating the Swan Falls Agreement, as it had announced in early July. IDWR said July 3 that it sent letters to about 83 ...
Jake Stander says the root of the problem started in the 1980's, when Idaho Power filed a lawsuit against 7500 irrigators for a water shortfall.
The Idaho Water Resource Board has approved 19 new Aging Infrastructure Grants ... “Swan Falls Dam was the first dam built on the Snake River in 1901 to provide power to mines in the Silver City ...
Swan Falls Dam was the first dam built on the Snake River in 1901 to provide power to mines in the Silver City area in the Owyhee Mountains. Idaho Power acquired the dam in 1916.