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Construction of a pumping plant with crew and equipment

Status of Each Pumping Plant & Lateral

Updated May 2026, by Jennifer Hickenbottom, Bureau of Reclamation

Engineering Sketch

Lateral 11.8

Current Status:

100% designs reviewed. IRZ working through review comments.

Engineering Sketch

Lateral 22.1

Current Status:

All partners working on pre-construction tasks. Construction TBD.

Pumping plant interior with multiple large industrial pumps

Lateral 47.5

Current Status:

Completed; irrigation on the ground to 10,500 acres.

Engineering Sketch

Lateral 80.6

Current Status:

Construction on pumping plant continues. Pipeline to begin summer 2026.

Engineering Sketch

Lateral 84.7

Current Status:

Construction on pumping plant and pipeline continues.

Water pumping plant construction with canal

Current Status:

Completed; 5,426 acres converted from deep well irrigation to Columbia River Surface water effectively conserving 16,143 acre-feet (5.3 billion gallons) of water annually in the Odessa Subarea Aquifer.

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