The hot weather continues which adds to the difficulty of the water flowing through all canals due to the aquatic weed growth. During the heat of the day when the water temperature increases the aquatic weeds raise up in the canal and slow the flow of water. Overnight when the water temperature cools somewhat, the … Read more
Senator Jeff Merkley drafted a bill which includes funding to modernize water infrastructure in Oregon. Talent Irrigation District is very pleased to announce that we have been included in this bill for our infrastructure project for the Billings Siphon and Eastside Canal Project. The amount of money allocated for the district is $5M. The estimated … Read more
As we all know, this week is calling for temperatures over 100°. As if the water situation was not problematic enough, these temperatures add to the difficulty of making water deliveries. With these types of temperatures, the water moves slower and there is more evaporation, not to mention that everyone loses patience and tempers begin … Read more
Our canals are currently running at full capacity. Attempting to add any additional flows increases the risk of overtopping the canals on their upper reaches. Therefore, we have to work with the flows we have and to distribute the water as equitably as possible. We are still struggling to get water to the lower ends … Read more
The office is receiving an unprecedented number of calls regarding when people can irrigate. Some people have already been able to irrigate for a period of time while others have not been able to irrigate as of yet. We posted that we would begin making water deliveries on July 5th, but we still had to … Read more
The repair has been made to the E-7 Lateral and we are working to charge the line which has to be done slowly so the line does not fail again. People will be able to start irrigating off the line after noon on Thursday, July 14th. If people try to use the water before then, … Read more
We were notified today from the Jackson County Watermaster that the flow has dropped off in the creek and he is regulating the district off of the system. With that said, we will be shutting the entire McDonald System off at 7:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 14th.
We received notice today from the Jackson County Watermaster that he will be measuring the water on McDonald Creek on Monday, July 11th and potentially regulating the water rights back to the year 1900. The district’s water right is dated 1915 so we are expecting to be regulated off of the creek, which means we … Read more
As we reported earlier, we started increasing the flows in all canals on Tuesday, July 5th and will continue to increase the flows daily until they are at capacity. This process will take a few days. We are working diligently to begin making water deliveries during this ramping up process. It is important for everyone … Read more
The Board of Directors met in a Special Board Meeting at 7:00 a.m. this morning and decided we will start flushing the main canals the week of June 27th. It takes approximately one week to flush the debris and slowly soak the canals in preparation for water deliveries. The canals need to be brought up … Read more