Avista Corp. and the state of Montana have developed a draft agreement
aimed at protecting existing water rights in the Clark Fork Basin.
Avista, formerly Washington Water Power, and the state negotiated the
draft at the company’s Noxon Rapids hydro facility on the Clark Fork river
last week.
The water rights issues were not resolved when an unprecedented licensing
agreement for Avista’s Noxon Rapids and Cabinet Gorge dams was reached
early this year. Collaborating with 39 …
