Junior water users to be curtailed if not part of a mitigation plan in Idaho
8/3/2021 11:04:45 AM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Idaho
Bannock County, ID
Bingham County, ID
Blaine County, ID
Bonneville County, ID
Butte County, ID
Camas County, ID
Clark County, ID
Fremont County, ID
Gooding County, ID
Jefferson County, ID
Jerome County, ID
Lincoln County, ID
Madison County, ID
Minidoka County, ID
Power County, ID
Teton County, ID
Start Date: 7/22/2021
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The Idaho Department of Water Resources announced that junior groundwater users would be curtailed if they were not a part of a mitigation plan. An updated prediction warned of a shortfall among senior priority surface water users in the Eastern Snake River Plain who were thought to be 170,500 acre-feet short, according to the director of IDWR. The shortfall will force the curtailment of more than 500 water rights that have priority dates later than June 14, 1977 that are not in compliance.
MagicValley.com (Idaho Falls, Idaho), July 22, 2021
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