September 02, 2008

Notice of Rationing Increase: Schedule Change on September 15th

Beginning September 15th, the water will be shut off FOUR days each week. At the August 28th Board meeting, in a move to further conserve water stored in Collins Lake, the Board of Directors agreed to reduce the number of days that irrigation water will be available to three days each week. The Board stated that this effort will give the District the ability to extend the water supplies in Collins Lake further into the fall irrigation season. The irrigation system will be completely turned off Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of each week. You are advised to prepare for this change in the shutoff schedule if you have any situations where no water for several days could be critical. [...Click to read more]

August 08, 2008

Winter Water Suspended until Lake Recovers

Browns Valley Irrigation District Board of Directors voted unanimously on July 24, 2008 that Winter Water (also known as stock water) will not be available until Collins Lake refills appropriately. The Board will review the issue at every regular Board meeting to determine when and if they will be able to reinstate Winter Water deliveries.

May 01, 2008

Collins Lake Status

Due to Drought conditions at Collins Lake, we have developed a graph that includes our current Lake elevation to an operating curve of where the Lake elevation needs to be in order to meet the goal end-of-year lake elevation. If we are at or above the “line“, we are in good shape. However, if we are below the “line” we are using too much water and need to conserve more. This graph will be updated each week.

Click here to see the graph.