Letters To The Editor, Opinion

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – August 28th, 2025

Water engineer disagrees with findings of return flow study

Dear Editor:

Please  accept  these  comments  correcting  misinformation  published  on  page  9  of  the  July 17th edition under “…Return flow study indicates flood irrigation benefits river flows”. The article cites Liz Chandler as referring to results of a groundwater modeling study by Dr. Ryan Bailey. Liz purportedly stated something to the effect that, “…up to 75% of summer base flows in the study area can be…