irrigation

ONTARIO, Ore. (AP) — Water will start flowing in the Owyhee Irrigation District in eastern Oregon and southwestern Idaho one week earlier than expected.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Irrigators in southwestern Idaho can look forward to normal water levels in 2016 as snowpack levels are well above normal and reservoirs are in good shape.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Associated Press review shows the highest consumers of Idaho's drinking water aren't the people taking long showers, using their dishwasher or even those turning on their hoses for a green lawn. Instead, on a daily average, the state's precious resource is being used for irrigation and aquaculture...

(KLIX)- Twin Falls water levels are back to normal. City officials lifted all restrictions on water use. Residents can now irrigate their yards and use water normally.

The Times News is reporting today that the  Idaho Water Resource Board is working on financing for a $34 million buyout of three Thousand Springs fish farms by a group of Idaho water districts. In an article in today’s edition the paper says a bond sale to fund the deal is set to wrap up by Feb. 8.

If a judge approves four southern Idaho groundwater districts to purchase three area fish farms that could mean the end to the southern Idaho water wars.