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The Grand Coulee Dam was built with irrigation in mind. Those pipes at the top irrigate thousands of hectares in the Okanogen Valley that we'll be passed through. The original plan for the electricity was primarily to pump water. Now, of course, it helps light Los Angeles. Yes, all the way from Washington State.
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