The District water supply is at a historical low and the consistent heatwave is making it very tough to maintain deliveries through the entire system. Users on the lower end of our system have not had consistent access to their share of the supply. We are doing our best to supply water until August 1rst. Our supplemental supply out of Emigrant lake is only going to make it through the 3rd week in…

Please follow the attached links to the OWRD Drought Resources page for information regarding the drought conditions and assistance programs that are available at this time.

Irrigation deliveries will begin the first week in May. We are going into a very challenging season and we have yet to see how our primary reservoirs will react to the snowmelt. At this point, Fish and Fourmile lake are 48% of average for this time of year and 30% of full-pool. We rely on supplemental irrigation for our west side out of Emigrant, Hyatt, and Howard Prairie. We currently only have…

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