Gallery: Irrigation on the Columbia Basin

by Larry Clark

The irrigated lands and waterways of Washington’s Columbia Basin Project. Read more about the CBP in “Water to the Promised Land.”

Irrigated water in the Columbia Basin. Photo Zach Mazur

Dry land in the Columbia Basin. Photo Zach Mazur

Irrigated fields in the Columbia Basin. Photo Zach Mazur.

Brad Bailie by sprinklers. Photo Zach Mazur — Brad Bailie ’95 checks the moisture content of his field irrigated by boom sprinklers

Testing soil moisture by sprinklers. Photo Zach Mazur

Sprinklers in the Columbia Basin. Photo Zach Mazur

A drip irrigated field. Photo Zach Mazur — A drip irrigated field

The termination point of the East Low Canal of the Columbia Basin Project. Photo Zach Mazur — The termination point of the East Low Canal of the Columbia Basin Project

Canal in Columbia Basin. Photo Zach Mazur

Central section of the The East Low Canal of the Columbia Basin Project. Photo Zach Mazur — Central section of the The East Low Canal of the Columbia Basin Project

Irrigated fields near the Weber Siphon outlet east of Moses Lake. Photo Zach Mazur — Irrigated fields near the Weber Siphon outlet east of Moses Lake

Sprinkler in Columbia Basin. Photo Zach Mazur

Orman Johnson ’69 and brother Gavin. Photo Zach Mazur — Orman Johnson ’69 (left) and brother Gavin, who farm near Othello, irrigate from deep wells since the Columbia Basin Project currently doesn’t reach their fields.

Irrigated field. Photo Zach Mazur.

Photos by Zach Mazur