The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

Editor’s Note: In light of recent interest in Waitsburg’s water situation, we thought our readers would appreciate this column written by Vance Orchard in Touchet Valley Ramblings, which first appeared on Feb. 15, 1990. We are reprinting the portion of that pertains to the city’s springwater system.

Getting water to residents of Waitsburg is the chief concern of Elmer Hays as the City Engineer.

Water supply for Waitsburg has also captured the attention of Hays, who has researched the system supplying the city possibly more than anyone else. That supply, starting in 1892 with the source on the...