Aquifer Recharge on pace to match last year`s record
(WorldNews Environment)

IDAHO FALLS- The US Bureau of Reclamation told water users that they will keep Southeastern Idaho canals flowing this winter. During normal years the Bureau has a requirement that Palisades Reservoir must shut down the canals for the winter to rebuild the water supply. But things are different this year because Upper Snake Reservoirs are nearly full after a record rainfall this year. `I just checked and most of the state is at 145-percent of average precipitation. This is a good thing for recharge. It`s a good thing to get all that water back in the ground,` said Idaho farmer Danny Ferguson of Rigby. Last years landmark winter left record snowpack and because of that, streamflows continue to...