A continued lack of precipitation and above average temperatures has created a high fire hazard in Eastern Irrigation District (EID) community pastures.
Continued public access to EID lands is dependent on everyone using extreme caution to prevent grass fires.
To help reduce the risk of a grass fire follow the EID Base Public Access Guidelines as well as the additional public access restrictions below.
Effectively immediately:
Please remember access to these private lands is a privilege not a right.
For more information call the EID office 403-362-1400.
All irrigation, including farmyards and acreages, will cease on September 25th.
A minimum flow in canals and pipelines will be maintained until October 5th for cattle and pond filling needs.
Municipal residents are encouraged to manage their outdoor water requirements on a similar timeline.
All diversion after October 5th will be directed to District reservoirs to begin restoring the reservoirs to normal winter levels for the 2024 irrigation season.
Please contact the EID at 403-362-1400 if you have any questions.
The Eastern Irrigation District will be applying treatment to the open water in the North Bantry Canal from SE-02-20-13W4 to the bottom end at NW-01-20-13W4 to control aquatic vegetation and algae on Friday, June 30, 2023. During the application no water is permitted to enter systems used to supply dugouts or ponds used for livestock watering or containing stocked fish. The application is not harmful to crop irrigating. Organic irrigators should be aware of any application which may affect organic crop certification. For more information, questions or concerns do not hesitate to contact Operations Manager Brent Kroschel at 403-363-5606, North Division Superintendent Scott Beddows at 403-363-5607 or your Ditchrider, Scott McInnis at 403-363-5639.
The EID has seen successful results in implementing a scheduled chemical treatment program for canal reaches prone to aquatic weed issues. Following is the 2023 schedule, subject to weather conditions, for canals in this program: