Projects Summary

The Farmers Irrigation District has been enthusiastic in its completed, current, and future projects.

Current projects:

• Lower Markham Road
• Lower Country Club Road
• Methodist Road Pump Station Pipe Project
• Hood River Parks and Rec - DeBorde Project

Future projects:

• Lowline Canal Pipe Project
• Farmers Canal Pipe System
• Kingsley Reservoir Rehabiliation Project
• North Green Point Mainline Enhancement Project

Completed projects: (Go to our Completed Projects page for more indepth review and photo galleries)

• Lower Section Pressurization Project (see more detailed list here)
• Upper Country Club Project (April 2009)
• Upper Markham Project (March 2009)
• Farmers Canal Pine Creek Water Conservation Project
• Hydroelectric System Optimization Project
• May Street (completed May 2006)
• Muddy Creek (completed January 2006)
• Emmons Pipe Project (completed November 2005)
• Ditch Creek Project (completed November 2005)
• Orchard Road Pressurized Pipeline (completed April 2006)
• Belmont Pressurized Pipeline (completed May 2006)
• Farmers Canal Flume and Headgate Rebuild (completed August 2008)
• Reduced 34 unscreened hydroelectric and irrigation water diversions to 8 fully screened diversions
• Returned 2,535 supplemental and 115 primary water right acres to in-stream flow
• Provided agricultural producers with reliable water delivery in correct volumes
• Introduced highly efficient irrigation techniques, using less water more often, resulting in better penetration, covering larger areas
• Installed pressured pipe in 85% of our original canal and lateral systems
• Converted 75% of residential users to microsprinkler technology with meters or gauges through the education and microsprinkler exchange program, reducing water use and costs by up to 300%
• Installed soil moisture sensors for 30% of the District's growers
• Placed 80,000 board feet of large woody debris at 12 sites on Green Point Creek to restore habitat, regain flood plains, increase complexity, enhance sinuosity, and increase natural in-stream storage
• Planted 6,600 trees in the riparian areas of Green Point Creek
• Installed 15 remote telemetry sites to monitor flow and control diversion
• Eliminated 600 individual pump stations
• Developed an innovative horizontal fish screen to manage debris and sediment without harming fish