Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Irrigation Line Down
There is an Irrigation Line down between Vine Street and 500 North along 100 West. They are working on fixing the break, and hope to have it fixed today. Updates will be posted when they become available. Thank you for your patience.
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Just a reminder!
Just a reminder we are not on any watering restrictions at this time. We do ask you to be wise in your water usage, especially during these hot and dry months. Here are a few helpful tips.
http://waterwiseutah.org/outdoor.htm
http://waterwiseutah.org/outdoor.htm
Thursday, May 30, 2019
Water outage
The water is turned off for those shareholders on the East Side of 100 West and the West side of Main Street. I will post updates here when I have them.Thanks for your patience.
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Water update
The water is turned off for those shareholders on the East Side of 100 West and the West side of Main Street until later this afternoon. Thanks
Monday, May 13, 2019
Spring Watering
Happy Spring!
Just a reminder, right now we are not under any watering restrictions and you can water on your own schedule.
Just a reminder, right now we are not under any watering restrictions and you can water on your own schedule.
Monday, May 6, 2019
UPDATE
Most of the Irrigation lines have been turned on. There are still a few lines that are down due to repairs being made. Keep checking your system. Any updates will be posted here and on our Facebook page @ Settlement Canyon Irrigation Company.
Thanks for your patience.
Thanks for your patience.
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Irrigation Water is OFF
The Irrigation Water has been turned off for all users for some repair. Check back for updates. Thanks for your patience.
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
REPAIRS
FYI: The Irrigation Water has been shut off for all users West of Main Street for today and tomorrow for some needed repairs. I will post updates when I have them.
Thanks for your patience.
Kristin
Thanks for your patience.
Kristin
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Irrigation System
Settlement Canyon Irrigation Shareholders
Irrigation water will be turned on next Saturday, April 27th.
Please ensure that your valves are CLOSED to avoid the possibility of flooding. If you have a water emergency, please call Dave at
435-841-9522.
For other questions please call 435-833-9606
Friday, April 12, 2019
A Project Update
A project update. Meters are going in! So far we have about 25 installed. Each connection is so different. Here are a few examples.
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Tooele County Emergency Management
https://public.alertsense.com/SignUp/public.aspx?regionid=1217
The Tooele County Emergency Management Center is asking Tooele County residents to "opt-in" to the Emergency Public Alert System. This will allow for communication regarding fire, flood and other emergencies. In an effort to help our shareholders be aware, we have included the link for you to sign up. As we look ahead to the spring runoff season, this will be a valuable tool for all in case of an emergency.
You can also find out more information at tcem.org
The Tooele County Emergency Management Center is asking Tooele County residents to "opt-in" to the Emergency Public Alert System. This will allow for communication regarding fire, flood and other emergencies. In an effort to help our shareholders be aware, we have included the link for you to sign up. As we look ahead to the spring runoff season, this will be a valuable tool for all in case of an emergency.
You can also find out more information at tcem.org
Monday, February 25, 2019
February
21, 2019
Dear
Settlement Canyon Irrigation Shareholders,
As
the Board of Directors, we would like to address a few questions that have been
brought to our attention and give updates on a few other items.
PIPELINE
and PIPELINE LOAN:
The loan amount for the pipeline was $891,400
at 2.1 percent interest. The annual payment amount for the loan is
$55,100. ($38,116.71 is paid to
principal 16,983.29 is paid to interest.) The term of the loan is 20
years. The third payment was made in November
2018.
The
assessment was increased to $200 so we have the amount on hand to pay the
payment in November of each year. The
assessments that have just been received will make the payment this fall and
pay the operating expenses for this year. The loan payment is the single
largest expense of the Irrigation Company each year. The second largest expense each year is
repairs to the distribution system.
METERS:
Installation
of water meters is a very expensive proposition. The meters, filters, fittings, and labor to
install will be a major expense for each connection. Approximately forty meters
have been installed. If the company
needs to replace a valve for a connection, a meter is installed at that
location.
Judging
from the discussion in the State Legislature each year, the board thinks the
Legislature will pass a law requiring all Secondary water systems to have water
meters installed for every shareholder.
In an effort to get our system outfitted with meters we retained the
services of an engineering company that has a good record of obtaining grants
and have applied for some grant money from the Utah State Water Resources
board. We were not accepted the first
year but the second year our application was accepted. We received notification of the approval
about a year ago and have signed all documents and complied in every way the
State has required but have yet to receive the grant monies. We wanted to start installing as many meters
as we could last spring before the distribution system was activated but the
correspondence with the State dragged on for months. We are hoping the delay is caused by
bureaucratic red-tape and we will receive the grant monies soon. We received approval for a $75,000 matching
grant. The State would grant $75,000 to
a designated bank account and the Irrigation Company would match the amount of
$75,000, then the account would be audited for the use of the monies.
How
to finance meter installation for the whole system is something with which the
board of directors is wrestling. If
every shareholder paid the cost for the installation of the meter at each of
their own connections then there will be no need to increase the
assessments. Common sense dictates there
will be a number of shareholders that are not in a financial situation to pay
for meter installation, another set of people won’t want the amount of water
they use to be measured, another set of shareholders are getting water without
a meter and have no interest in paying to have a meter installed.
Each
meter installation will be somewhat unique because every yard is
different. Working an average price per
connection in my mind, the total cost to install meters on our system will be
$1.5-$2.0 million.
WATERING
SCHEDULES
In
Regards to questions about watering schedules and the of hours of watering, we
try to give shareholders the time to irrigate the best they can. When watering restrictions are implemented it
is impossible for shareholders to get all the water they desire.
There
are a wide variety of shareholders in the company. Turf grass lawns need about
one inch of water per week in the heat of the summer. A turf grass lawn will
survive with twenty minutes of water twice per week using normal pop-up
sprinklers. The same lawn will thrive
with thirty minutes of water twice per week.
The
most valuable crop for farmers in our area is alfalfa. Alfalfa needs six inches of water per cutting
for a good yield. Alfalfa will grow
three cuttings per season if it receives the necessary water. The design of agricultural sprinklers is to
deliver six inches of water in a 24 hour set.
The alfalfa needs to receive the water at a certain stage of growth to
produce well. For a good crop the
farmers need to irrigate 24 hours per day 7 days a week and get across the entire
field at least one time per cutting.
When watering restrictions begin, the farmers first lose irrigating on
weekends but city lots can still irrigate the two days per week their lawns
need.
The
next tighter restriction schedule allows farmers to irrigate for 11 hours
overnight four nights per week, Monday through Thursday. City users irrigate for three hours two times
per week.
The
tightest restriction schedule has farmers irrigate for 11 hours per night for
three days per week, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. City users can irrigate
for two hours two times per week.
The
tightest restriction schedule farmers to irrigate 33 hours per week which is
19.64% of the needs of their crop. (3 nights X 11 hours per night = 33/168 [24
X 7] = .1964). In the present drought
situation many of the farmers in the company hope to get a good first crop
cutting of hay then choose the most productive soil in their fields and
irrigate what the can based on how much water they think is available to maybe
get another partial cutting.
Meanwhile
a city lot gets pretty much 100% of the water necessary for turf grass.
I
recognize there is a spectrum of shareholders.
Each lot is different. Some of the farms are small enough that three
crops can be grown each season.
We
are in a cooperative of sorts. We are
all better off because we have secondary water to use. We seldom have all the water to use that we
desire or require. We need to make the
best use of the resource that we have.
If the earlier generation had not built the dam and installed the
pressurized distribution system we would find ourselves unable to irrigate very
much after July first.
The
2018 irrigation season began with 50% of the average annual
precipitation/snowpack, and 24% of the average soil moisture. The water was put in the distribution system
28 April. No “run-off” water was noted
in the canyon. Reservoir levels were monitored and irrigation restrictions were
imposed every few weeks until the tightest restriction schedule was
implemented. The distribution system had
to be shut off 31 August. The board
hoped to have the water off for a couple of weeks then recharge the system for
two more weeks of irrigation. With the
drought conditions, the reservoir only gained a few inches of water per day and
there was less than one week’s worth of water available at the end of two
weeks. The State Engineers tell us that
the hardest thing on the distribution system is filling the lines with water. The board determined to store the water for
the coming year. The shareholders
cooperated to be able to have the water last as long as it did. The summer was very hot and dry, only two
measurable rainstorms during the summer months.
We
took note of suggestions to start evening watering at 6:00 p.m. This is a good suggestion and would work when
on the tightest restriction schedule. We
considered using a 6-8 p.m. schedule this past summer but opted to use the 5-7
time period. Reasoning many users would
be used to starting at 5:00 and the timers would be set to begin at 5:00. Perhaps we made the wrong decision because
the length of watering times would need to be adjusted on the timers anyway.
ANNUAL
SHAREHOLDERS MEETING
All
shareholders are invited and are welcome to attend the Annual Meeting. I am
sure you will know many of the shareholders that attend the meeting as they are
your neighbors. I suppose it might be
intimidating the first meeting you attend but I think you will become
comfortable being there rather quickly.
Most shareholders have the same concerns. Everyone wants to get the most they can for
their money.
The
irrigation company has no revenue source other than from shareholders in the company. In wet water years excess water can be sold
to Tooele City from the Right Hand Fork Springs for culinary use. We have been in a drought cycle for about the
last twenty years with no excess water to sell.
I
hope this adequately answers some questions.
I apologize for the length of my response, but encourage you to consider
all the information, as many of the choices we make are complex which will
affect us for years if not generations.
We are committed to managing this vital resource in an equitable and
transparent manner.
Sincerely,
Bob
Clegg
Settlement
Canyon Irrigation Board President
Thursday, February 21, 2019
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