It's big, as you can tell. The Snake River Basin (the area that flows into the river) covers nearly all of Idaho and drains parts of 5 other states. All this water flowing towards us here in Owyhee County allows us (with a fair amount of engineering) to water our somewhat dry region. Here in our little corner (the northwest) of the county we pump it out.
This large plant is just south of Marsing.
This little one is just west of Homedale, it stays off most of the time.
Soon, the large one will start chugging away to fill the canals with water, joining the water already coming from the Owyhee Reservoir.
You might have picked up on this by the fact that I talk about it all the time, but irrigation is a big deal out here. The pumping plants reservoirs are some of our most valuable resources. None of which could be possible without our river.
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