water curtailments

The Idaho potato crop is expected to be a bit smaller this year, with acres down roughly 8% year-over-year.  Jamey Higham, CEO of the Idaho Potato Commission said one of the chief reasons for the drop is a dramatic increase in input costs. “...

On Wednesday, Governor Kate Brown issued an executive order directing state agencies to stop watering the lawns and washing the windows at their offices and facilities amid an ongoing drought emergency. The order also orders state agencies to stop running fountains that don’t recirculate water, bans the planting of new landscaping that requires irrigation and urged state employees to conserve wat

The Idaho Department of Water Resources, has issued a curtailment order to approximately 140 entities that own about 310 ground water rights in the Bellevue Triangle area in the lower Wood River Valley. The curtailment order takes effect on Thursday July 1st ...

Junior water rights holders in some areas of Idaho are potentially going to have less access to water after the state’s Department of Water Resources sent curtailment notices out last month. IDWR Deputy Director Mat Weaver says there have been conversations between senior and junior water rights holders about coming to an agreement for several years. “They’ve go ...