Irrigation season at an end for the Klamath Irrigation District in Southern Oregon, Northern California
8/24/2022 12:00:00 AM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Society & Public Health
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Modoc County, CA
Siskiyou County, CA
Klamath County, OR
Start Date: 8/19/2022
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Klamath Basin farmers along the Oregon-California border learned from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on Aug. 18 that they were at the end of their water from Upper Klamath Lake for the 2022 irrigation season. The executive director of the Klamath Water Users Association stated that irrigators were frustrated because they have gotten mixed messages about water delivery amounts this year.
“There’s been just quite a lot of changing of information and expectations created and changed that have made this extremely troubling and not well received,” he said.
The wet spring gave farmers hope that more irrigation water could be offered, but in the end, farmers received just 20%. Crops may die prematurely this season.
Oregon Public Broadcasting (Portland, Ore.), Aug 19, 2022
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