settlement
canyon irrigation company
April 2023
PRESIDENT’s MESSAGE
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The current level of the reservoir is 31.9 Feet.
The reservoir spills at 60.5 feet so there is approximately 28.6 feet to
fill. Currently various springs are
filling up the reservoir, and it continues to rise as the weather gets warmer.
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The Board is working with Tooele County
Emergency Management, Tooele City and the State for Flood Mitigation to help
prepare for possible flooding.
·
A farmers committee has been formed to look into
options of how best to meter the farmers. They met with Grantsville Irrigation
and are trying to make changes to benefit farmers and residential shareholders,
to make it fair for everyone. The Board has met with the Committee and more
information will be coming.
·
The Board
is currently working with the State Department of Drinking Water to get various
requirements in place for the Green Tunnel Spring, so, if possible, we can sell
excess water to Tooele City.
·
The Board is working with the Division of Water
Resources regarding the APRA Grant Funding that was applied for to help pay for
the Meters. The Board has been busy getting the Water Conservation Plan
prepared to move forward with the Grant Process.
·
Jeff Wyatt was elected to a 3 year term as a
member of the Board of Directors in the Annual Shareholder Meeting held March
7, 2023.
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The Board asks that even though we have received
a great amount of snow, please be water-wise in your usage. If you see a leak
in your area, please contact the office or our watermaster, David Lee (435)
841-9522. If you know of a property using water that does not have shares,
please contact the office.
Please make
sure your contact information is correct on your account. You can contact the
office at (435) 833-9606 and settlementcanyon@live.com
Mailing
Address: Settlement Canyon Irrigation Company
P.O.
Box 962
Tooele,
UT 84074
Making the most of this snowpack (water.utah.gov/snowpack)
This year’s
record-setting snowpack is providing some much-needed relief for Utah’s water
supply. But since we don’t know when another wet year like this will come
along, and most of the state remains in drought, we need to unite and focus on
reducing water use so we have enough in the future. By continuing to conserve —
and finding new ways to stretch the supply — we’ll become more drought
resilient as a state.
In Utah, we
get approximately 95% of our water from snowpack. Reservoir storage is
dependent upon snowpack and runoff to get us through dry years. Extended
drought has depleted our reservoirs, and it will take multiple years of above-average snowpack
and precipitation to reverse drought impacts.
Monitoring snowpack
helps our water managers and partners make management decisions to increase our
resiliency.
CURRENT
RESERVOIR CONDITIONS/LEVEL
https://water.utah.gov/reservoirlevels/
https://water.utah.gov/snowpack/
WATER METERS
The Irrigation Company continues
with the installation of water meters. The Utah State Government has issued a
bill requiring all secondary watering systems to be metered by 2030. Our
contracted plumber, LeGrand Jensen Construction/Weston Jensen is working to
install these meters. The installation began in 2020 at 500 South and 50 West
and continued North on 50 West. We currently have 154 meters installed in the
system. At the Annual Shareholder Meeting in 2020, a motion was made to charge
each shareholder $1700 per connection for those meters already installed and to
move forward with the installation of more meters. Shareholders can be on a
payment plan by contacting the office, with the minimum of $50 per month to pay
for their meter. The average cost will
need to be reflective of the increase in parts, supplies and labor. Currently,
the Company has entered into a contract with the State of Utah for an ARPA
Grant to help pay for 300 secondary meters. The Board is working to fulfill the
requirements of the agreement. The Company pays for the meters and
installation, then those shareholders who have had a meter installed help to
“reimburse” the Irrigation Company and to build up the matching amount for the
next time the Company applies for the grant. Shareholders will be informed when
their meter has been installed, or when they are in the area and will be
installing meters. The Irrigation Company must have meters on all connections
by the year 2030. Each meter is read by
a cellular signal. When the meter is installed and activated, shareholders will
be given an account number to create their personal account on eyeonwater.com
to monitor their usage. At the beginning of the watering season, shareholders
are told their alottment for the upcoming season. The allottment is in gallons
per share.
Here are
some examples of the report that our office can read regarding the meters:
