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GRANTS PASS IRRIGATION DISTRICT

Frequently Asked Questions about GPID

September 1, 2001

1. Question: Why does the diversion have to be removed?
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2. Question: How can the National Marine Fisheries Service tell us what to do on the Rogue River?
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3. Question: Why are we going to Congress in Washington, D. C.?
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4. Question: Isn't the diversion used for flood control?
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5. Question: What about fire protection?
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6. Question: If the diversion is removed, no water will be delivered, is this true?
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7. Question: What will happen to the recreation if the diversion is removed?
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8. Question: What will happen to the riverbanks when the reservoir is not there any more?
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9. Question: Why don't we stand up and fight to keep the diversion?
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10. Question: What about the sediment behind the diversion? Isn't it full of contaminated materials? Aren't there millions of yards of material behind the diversion?
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11. Question: What about low river flows, can GPID still operate?
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