EL CENTRO — While the Imperial Irrigation District board approved its 2019 conservation program relating to its on-farm efficiency conservation program Tuesday afternoon, members of the ag community were not happy with the new plan.
EL CENTRO — The good news for the Imperial Irrigation District is that farmers are doing a really good job conserving water. The bad news is that they’re doing such a good job the district has no place to store the surplus, meaning it's facing paying for water it won’t be able to keep.
EL CENTRO — At Tuesday’s Imperial Irrigation District meeting board of directors were briefed on the 2019 Salton Sea Air Quality Mitigation Program.
LOS ANGELES — Parties to a seven-state drought contingency plan for the Colorado River may have supposed the matter was concluded when President Do…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — After a House subcommittee hearing last week in which a California Congressman questioned whether the Salton Sea was worth the f…
ONTARIO, Calif. — A seven-state agreement to conserve Colorado River water to protect levels in Lake Powell and Lake Mead apparently will not be co…
LOS ANGELES — The Imperial Irrigation District’s hopes that its participation in a drought contingency plan help the Salton Sea were dealt a blow T…
EL CENTRO — Imperial Irrigation District is applauding a recent letter from U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdu…
Imperial Irrigation District is reporting that it is experiencing an “unprecedented wave” of scam attempts in the area since Jan. 26.
Storms during the first three weeks of January brought seasonal rainfall and snowpack levels to average or more, increased reservoir levels and bro…
EL CENTRO — Imperial Irrigation District announced Thursday that customers who are federal employees and being impacted the by U.S. government’s pa…
EL CENTRO — Recently three members of the Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors let go of their political appointees to a district commit…
EL CENTRO — While she never named the Imperial Irrigation District specifically, it was no secret that a federal Bureau of Reclamation commissioner…
Imperial Irrigation District expects about 1,000 additional electric customers will soon be able to qualify for the district’s energy assistance pr…
EL CENTRO — After four public workshops, the Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors will be asked Monday to approve an agreement that addr…
EL CENTRO — Three candidates who were elected this year to the Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors were administered the oath of office…
Judge L. Brooks Anderholt has denied an injunction filed by a local farmer that would have stopped the Imperial Irrigation District from taking par…
Efforts to reach a year one milestone for the 10-year first phase of the Salton Sea management program are behind, it was revealed Tuesday, but sta…
Drought plan taking shape
After nearly two decades of drought on the Colorado River and Lake Mead at its lowest levels in history, water agencies across the Southwestern Uni…
Water in the bank
EL CENTRO — The Imperial Irrigation District is moving forward with plans to finalize a drought contingency plan that would ensure enough water rem…
Dirty water?
EL CENTRO — Norma Sierra Galindo, Division 5 director is fuming over a study that may suggest water delivered by canals in Imperial County could be…
Be your brother’s keeper
SEELEY — When working around electricity, linemen working for the Imperial Irrigation District must always be vigilant for their own safety and for…
Keeping the lights on
EL CENTRO — With about 150,000 customers in a service area spanning about 6,000 square miles, the operators in the Imperial Irrigation District’s S…
Out of juice
SACRAMENTO – The tabling of a bill that would create a regionalized power grid including several western states has been lauded by the Imperial Irr…
Steam power
SACRAMENTO — A state Assembly bill that would require retail sellers of electricity and each local publicly owned electric utility to procure a pro…
EL CENTRO — The Imperial Irrigation District is moving forward with plans to line the Mesquite Lateral canal with cement in order to control cost i…
High stakes poker match
EL CENTRO — When it came time to file a civil lawsuit against Riverside County, Imperial Irrigation District directors said it was a private compan…
EL CENTRO — As Mother Nature turns up the thermostat on Imperial Valley, many residents are turning down theirs, something that led to record elect…
Collateral damage?
EL CENTRO — If Riverside County gets its way, Imperial Irrigation District customers in Imperial County may have to pay, said Marion Champion, IID …
EL CENTRO — The fifth and final Imperial Valley candidate forum had enough fireworks to serve as a worthy grand finale to the series.
Two weeks after the Imperial Irrigation District filed its opening brief in its appeal to overturn an Imperial County Superior Court ruling, the Fo…
EL CENTRO — The two candidates in attendance during Wednesday’s candidate forum for the Division 5 seat of the Imperial Irrigation District shared …
EL CENTRO — The Imperial Irrigation District last week filed a brief with the Fourth Appellate District with the California Court of Appeal in whic…
EL CENTRO — The Imperial Irrigation District officially endorsed a water bond initiative that could be included on the November ballot, which would…
EL CENTRO — Although the Imperial Irrigation District opted against withdrawing its appeal of a court ruling requiring it to scrap a controversial …
