FAC approves funds for Minidoka Dam study

By Ag Weekly
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:24 PM CDT

BOISE, Idaho - The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Tuesday approved by unanimous vote $1.4 million to study raising the Minidoka Dam on the Snake River.

The study will be performed by the federal Bureau of Reclamation. The cost of raising the dam has been estimated at between $100 million and $300 million.

Lifting the Minidoka Dam by 4 feet to 5 feet could bring in 40,000 to 50,000 acre feet, a consulting firm studying the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer told senators earlier this session.

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