On-Farm Conservation /
Water Department- Water Conservation - Water Conservation Implementation - Efficiency Conservation Program -
The Imperial Irrigation District (IID) is initiating an On-Farm Efficiency Conservation Pilot Program for Irrigation Scheduling and Event Management (Pilot Program). The purpose of this Pilot Program is to test various on-farm efficiency conservation program components under consideration to implement IID’s Quantification Settlement Agreement (QSA) obligations. It will also allow growers an earlier opportunity to participate in IID’s water conservation efforts. The short-term Pilot Program is designed to generate 1,500 to 2,000 acre-feet of conserved water from start-up through the end of 2008. The conserved water will be credited towards the payback of IID’s 2006 and 2007 overruns as required by the Bureau of Reclamation’s Inadvertent Overrun and Payback Policy (IOPP). Another on-farm efficiency conservation pilot program will be initiated in 2009, under which additional on-farm conservation methods will be considered. The focus of the 2009 pilot program will be the broader testing of various aspects of the longer-term on-farm efficiency conservation program, including contracts, payment methods, and conserved water verification methods. Details of the 2009 pilot program are currently being developed. IID is currently inviting owners and lessees of eligible fields to participate in the 2008 On-Farm Efficiency Conservation Pilot Program. Details regarding this program will be posted below as soon as they are available. Interested participants should contact Vince Brooke, IID Water Transfer Key Customer Coordinator at (760) 339-9765.
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