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Water Resources: Issues Concerning Expanded Irrigation in the Columbia Basin Project

RCED-86-82BR Published: Jan 31, 1986. Publicly Released: Jan 31, 1986.
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In response to congressional requests, GAO reviewed the economic and environmental impacts of expanding the irrigated acreage in the Columbia Basin Project from 556,000 acres to nearly 1.1 million acres.

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