The upper Klamath Basin figures to suffer through another drought this year.
And when the skies don't deliver, groundwater is called upon to make up the difference.
The Klamath Water and Power Authority pays irrigators to pump groundwater through its Water Use Mitigation Program.
But the amount KWAPA is prepared to pay for is more than twice what the Oregon water agency recommends.
KWAPA Executive Director Hollie Cannon joins us to explain the many moving parts of irrigation in a drought summer.