Douglas Creek Canal

This is a reminder that we plan to shut the Douglas Creek canal off on Tuesday morning, Sept. 22nd.  The final day of official delivery will be Monday.  As all of the current deliveries are to the bottom end of the canal, those irrigators can anticipate continued flow through most of the day on Tuesday.

We have scheduled an inspection of the Douglas canal headgate structure at the main diversion off of Nevada creek for Friday, Sept. 25th, and the canal needs to be de-watered before that time.  Nearly all of available contract water will have been delivered on this shut-off date, and all of the affected irrigators have been contacted earlier in the month so as allow them to plan for this time.

With the shut-off of Douglas canal, Monday the 22nd will also be considered the final day of contract water delivery system wide.

Decreed Water – Rights

Decreed water flows through the dam / reservoir, along with the Current Status of Irrigation Rights will continue to be maintained through the end of the irrigation season on Sept. 30th.

 Reservoir Status

It’s been a long tough season for our water supply, and we have drawn Nevada Creek reservoir down heavily.  While we will not drop all of the way to the minimum pool of 1,500 acre/ft of storage, I do anticipate that by Tuesday the 22nd, the end of contract delivery, we will be down to ~1,750 acre/ft.  That leaves us a long way to build storage for the next season.  As always, the Current Reservoir Measurements can be viewed at any time, and these measurements are updated regularly throughout the year.

Also…  I apologize for the lack of posted updates for the past couple of months.

Thanks,