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 state officials were assured that the agency charged with meeting those milestones will catch up by 2022.
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 United States are facing potential cutbacks in water supplies.
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 …
Nearly two years ago the state dropped the mandatory conservation targets imposed by Gov. Jerry Brown in May 2015 as a result of the drought, thoug…
EL CENTRO — On Monday the Imperial Irrigation District took the first step toward developing a new plan to allocate its most valuable resource.
LA QUINTA — Imperial Irrigation District board members failed to reach an agreement on the steps to take in determining who will be charged with ov…
As part of its efforts to fend off heavy criticism from a solar rooftop developer, the Imperial Irrigation District paid a San Diego-based firm to …
EL CENTRO — Following nearly two hours of discussion, the Imperial Irrigation District opted against the withdrawal of an appeal at the appellate c…
The current probe into the conflict of interest allegations between the Imperial Irrigation District and ZGlobal has expanded according to Imperial…
Hoping to leave the allegations of conflict of interest behind them, the Imperial Irrigation District and ZGlobal reached a settlement earlier this…
EL CENTRO — Four years after its conception, the equitable distribution plan has officially been repealed by the Imperial Irrigation District as a …
EL CENTRO — Ahead of what is setting up to be a very active legislative year in regards to energy and water matters at the state and federal level,…
The latest internal report conducted by the Imperial Irrigation District has found credible issues regarding a potential breach of conflict of inte…
IMPERIAL — Imperial Irrigation District’s original Fleet Services shop located in its Imperial headquarters was constructed in 1922, and has since …
EL CENTRO — Employees of the Imperial Irrigation District collected and provided numerous articles of winter clothing for abused or neglected child…
Last week, a group of Valley residents filed a notice of intent to circulate a recall petition against Imperial Irrigation District Division 5 Boar…
EL CENTRO — Before Tuesday’s regular Imperial Irrigation District Board of Director’s meeting, a group of residents served Division 5 Director Norm…
The Imperial Irrigation District on Wednesday responded to more allegations of an improper relationship with former consultant ZGlobal made by Palm…
As part of the consent agenda during this week’s Board of Directors meeting, the Imperial Irrigation District approved more than $10 million in exp…
After a series of allegations surrounding ZGlobal’s role with the Imperial Irrigation District and developers in the Imperial Valley, the engineeri…
