With more than 1,668 miles of main canals and laterals the IID Water Department is continually conducting maintenance—both preventative and reactive—of its waterways. With procedures like: disking, chaining, cleaning, concrete lining repair, vegetation management, and bank, gate, pipe, and road maintenance, the Maintenance Unit keeps the Colorado River water flowing. While some procedures can be done while a canal or drain has water in it, much of our work must be completed during a ‘Cut-Out’ period. 

 As the Imperial Valley continues to grow there are many necessary changes to our canal and drainage systems that must be made, these are handled by our Construction Management Unit.  This team is responsible for canal lining, adding pipelines, and all other major repair and additions to our systems. Most of this work is planned far in advance according to our yearly Cut-Out schedule.