Imperial Irrigation District projects water overrun
Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on July 9, 2008 at 7:41 amFrom the Imperial Valley Press Online:
The Imperial Irrigation District’s projected water usage continues to swell thousands of acre-feet over its allotment for the year.
Water Manager Mike King said Tuesday the district is estimated to overrun its share of the Colorado River by 100,000 acre-feet so far. At this time last year, a projected overrun of 75,000 acre-feet led the IID board to declare a supply-demand imbalance that was later rescinded as the overrun diminished.
One farmer approached the Board of Directors with a whiteboard and asked that the board keep track publicly of the district’s use and projected overrun. “We have to get control of this over usage,” Craig Elmore of Brawley said.
With the snow pack completely melted and no longer flowing into the Lower Colorado River Basin, the board will have to decide whether to declare a supply-demand imbalance for next year soon. Declaring a supply-demand imbalance would trigger a water-rationing program for agriculture users in the Imperial Valley.
Whether that will be necessary remains to be seen. “We’ve got a long way to go before we’re done,” King said of this year’s water demands.
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