Talk:Columbia Basin Project

Some questions
Which is right? -- The dam concept involved pumping water into Grand Coulee, almost six hundred feet above the level of the Columbia River or Water is lifted 280 feet from Lake Roosevelt to feed the massive network. ?
 * Both, the lake is higher than the river. --Duk 09:24, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

''During the last ice age glaciers ... diverted the Columbia River through what became the Grand Coulee. Grooves and striations created by glaciers are still visible in the underlying granite bedrock of the area (where the Basalt layers are thin). Ice age glaciers also created Lake Missoula, in what is now Montana. The glacier dam periodically burst creating the Missoula Floods, which gave way to a two thousand foot (600 m) head of water. These floods scoured the Columbia Basin and the Grand Coulee in particular. Unique erosion features, called channeled scablands, are attributed to these amazing floods. ... Thousands of years of erosion by the Columbia River gave final shape to the basin. The Columbia channel no longer flows through the Grand Coulee''

I thought Grand Coulee was made by the Missoula Floods, not glaciers or a former river course. Can we get a reference for this?
 * Glaciers left their mark all over the grand coulee area, as did the misoula floods. But you are right, wording can be improved and references should be added. --Duk 09:24, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Electricity is now shipped to Canada and as far south as San Diego. ...reference for this?

Thanks! Pfly 09:15, 28 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Answered a few of my question with reference book cited. Pfly 08:28, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Environmental Impact
"It must be noted, however, that the massive amounts of irrigation water provided by this project greatly benefits the agricultural production of the area. North Central Washington is one of the largest and most productive tree fruit producing areas on the planet. Without Coulee Dam and the greater Columbia Basin Project, much of North Central Washington State would be too arid for cultivation." Is in the wrong spot - it comes across as an argument against the statements of the two previous paragraphs. This paragraph should either get it's own heading or be deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.41.64.8 (talk) 05:34, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

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Baby Hydro Plant
I thought I might point out there is a baby hydro plant on the canal that feeds Scooteney Reservoir from Othello. Don't know if this is noteworthy. Jokem (talk) 21:56, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

I got this from one of the special projects administrators

The canal you’re referring to is the Potholes Canal. The hydropower plant is the Russell D. Smith, construction was completed in 1981 and some testing was done but the start date is listed as 09/01/1982. Jokem (talk) 03:04, 14 February 2023 (UTC)