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As a result of the January storms, water has to be released from nearby Millerton Lake and urban stormwater basins continue to be dewatered into FID canals, resulting in the availability of storm and flood water that FID will continue to be diverting and route through its system. FID is delivering as much water as possible to its recharge basins, but there is additional water that can be diverted into the district if growers are able to use it. Since 2005, the amount of water being recharged into the ground is slightly more than the amount held in Millerton Lake. Just over 550,000 acre feet of water has been recharged into the aquifer below FID, with more opportunities now available to flow onto farms to further seep into the groundwater aquifer for later use.

“With favorable water conditions, FID is implementing an on-farm recharge program offering free flood waters to growers who desire to divert some amount of water onto their farms to help improve local groundwater levels,” said Bill Stretch, FID General Manager.

While there is no charge to growers who wish to take storm and flood waters for on-farm recharge, deliveries are limited to the portions of the FID delivery system currently being utilized to route storm and flood waters, with additional systems anticipated to come online in late February.