WATER SUPPLY UPDATE Unfortunately, the water supply situation is not looking very good at this time. There is actually less water in the three district reservoirs of Howard Prairie, Hyatt Lake and Emigrant Lake, than there was this time last year. It is too early to make a determination on whether there will be enough … Read more
The annual irrigation statements will be mailed out by February 1st and are due by April 1st. The fee amounts are the same as last year, there were no increases.
The Board of Directors has passed a resolution to document the district’s policy on water theft. In addition to citing applicable Oregon statutes, it outlines the penalties that will apply to anyone taking water without prior approval from the district. See full text of resolution → If you have questions about this policy or any … Read more
The Board of Directors has made a policy change on delivering water to delinquent accounts. In the past, we have always let people use water without paying the current year charges. However, effective with the 2021-2022 fiscal year beginning on October 1, 2021, all prior and current incurred charges must be paid in full by … Read more
Due to extremely low reservoir levels and depleted water supply, the district will be shutting all of the canals off first thing Monday morning, July 19, 2021. Some canals may run into Tuesday while draining down.
As of Thursday, July 1, 2021, the Jackson County Watermaster is regulating the Applegate System water rights. He is regulating back to the year 1910 and the district’s water right is dated 1915 so we have to shut the McDonald System down first thing this morning. A typical shut off date for the system is … Read more
Talent Irrigation District will begin refilling the canals today, Monday, June 28th. As always, the canals need to be brought up to operating depths slowly as not to cause any canal failures. This means water deliveries will begin in the next few days. The ditch riders will be working to get headgates unlocked and laterals … Read more
With the recent rains and the severe drought situation facing the Rogue Basin, Talent Irrigation District will be shutting the entire irrigation system down on Tuesday, June 15, 2021 for a period of at least two weeks. If we should receive additional precipitation, the shutdown period could be extended. This is being done to extend … Read more
The District will be putting a small amount of water in the canals this week to prepare them for next week’s startup process. The canals need to be brought up to operating depths slowly so as not to cause canal failure. The canal prisms are extremely dry and experiencing cracking which will hamper how the … Read more
The current extended unseasonably warm weather and already dry soil profile that our meager snowpack rested on, has resulted in below average runoff and streamflow amounts entering the reservoir system. As you can see by the graph below, the “2021 WATER SUPPLY” reservoir storage is starting to level off instead of rising. This trend is … Read more