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Season update

The District Board met this morning to discuss water supply and decide on a date for storage releases. MID will begin releasing water out of Fish lake this week. We intend to ramp up the flows in the canals throughout the week and begin flushing laterals in anticipation of scheduling deliveries starting Monday the 27th. Once the system is up and running, the ditch riders will be setting up…

Season update

The District intends to continue running any available streamflow through the system this week. The weekend rain event postponed a start date for storage supply out of Emigrant lake. We intend to run our allotment of water out of Emigrant at the same time as Talent Irrigation District. They plan to meet again on Monday the 20th. If they determine a start date at that time, we will provide an…

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Floating Community Solar Opportunity and Grant Application

In the spring of 2020, the Oregon Clean Power Cooperative (OCPC) reached out to discuss the opportunities and considerations of installing a floating community solar project on the re-regulation reservoir located next to the district’s office.

2022 Season Update

Live streamflow in Little Butte creek is tapering off and the district would typically shift to our storage supply in Fish Lake at this time. We have been getting canals wetted this month with the streamflow, and leaks have been more prevalent than ever. The Drought has taken its toll on the canal banks and we have been working hard to plug rodent holes and target seepage areas as we find them. We…

2022 Season Update:

Our primary supply reservoirs are at 27% of the full pool and 44% of the average for this date. Our allotment in the southern supplemental supply is only at 5%. We will continue to assess the snowmelt/runoff into the reservoirs as we go into May and make a determination on the number of weeks we have in storage and a start date for the beginning of those releases. After the last few storms moved…

2022 Water Supply Update

As we continue to work through extreme drought conditions, our water supply for the 2022 irrigation season is looking extremely poor. Our primary and supplemental reservoir levels are lower than they were last year at this time. I have attached the teacup diagrams provided by the Bureau of Reclamation from this date last year and the current year. Also, note the two slides from the US drought…

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MID Water Supply Explorer

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