Groundwater is declining rapidly in the Yakima Basin. Some projects aim to help

By: Questen Inghram

Outlets: Yakima Herald-Republic

Published: January 26, 2026

Words: 2,745

Last Updated: 1 day, 20 hours ago

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A well in a nondescript concrete building at Broadway Park on Cornell Avenue in Yakima taps hundreds of feet into the aquifer that lies below.

The Gardner well stretches 1,300 feet under Yakima, or nearly as deep as the Empire State Building is tall.

A 12-inch pipe pulls up to 3,000 gallons per minute into the city's drinking water system. Another 8-inch pipe puts water into the aquifer beneath the city, up to 1,400 …

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