ID SJM104

Mountain Home Air Force Base draws water from the Mountain Home Aquifer, which is over-drafted by approximately 30,000 acre-feet annually and declining two feet per year.

Four of the base's six main wells are contaminated with nitrates and perfluorinated compounds, leaving only two safe sources of drinking water.

Mountain Home Air Force Base supports employment of more than 10,500 individuals and generates approximately $1.02 billion in annual economic impact to Idaho.

Idaho Legislature supports construction of a new pipeline to bring Snake River water to the base via a pump station at C.J. Strike Reservoir and a 14.4-mile pipeline, with the state building and operating the pipeline and pumps while the Air Force builds the water treatment plant.

Idaho Legislature urges the state's congressional delegation to advance the pipeline project through additional congressional action, authorization of construction, and provision of Military Construction (MILCON) funds.