The Palouse Basin Aquifer Committee works to ensure a long-term, quality water supply for the Palouse Basin region.

We are committed to working together

Residents

Did you know that you can pick up free conservation devices at your local water departments? Call your local water department to find out what devices and services they offer!

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Contact your student involvement office, water resource center, or local community centers to learn how you can volunteer to help get the word out about water conservation in your community.

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Our local businesses are dedicated to water conservation practices. Ask your favorite businesses what efforts they make to conserve.

Upcoming events

PBAC Monthly Meeting

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  • March PBAC Meeting Canceled 
  • April meeing: TBD

2017 Water Use Report

The report that follows includes water use and water level information for the period from 1992 through 2017. Get the latest news on our water levels over the last year in the annual water report. We have more graphs and supplemental information under the information tab. 

|| Read the report

2017 Pumping and Weather

|| 2017 Final Weather and Pumping Data

We support research

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PBAC maintains a network of water level monitoring instruments throughout the Palouse Basin, and funds a variety of research projects aimed at gaining increased understanding of the behavior of the basin aquifer systems.

Alternative Water Supply Study

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A Consultant Team was hired by the Palouse Basin Aquifer Committee (PBAC) to evaluate previously studied water supply projects to determine the most promising supply projects for meeting existing and future supply needs in the Palouse groundwater basin. The evaluation study was jointly funded by PBAC and a grant from the Idaho Water Resource Board.

 Currently funded projects

Geologic Mapping updates by Pam Dunlap and John Bush

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