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2000 LEGISLATIVE REPORT
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PROJECT INFORMATION:
The Fayette Irrigation District formed in July, 1998, but the Fayette Ditch is a very old irrigation system. The original appropriations date back to 1906, with the bulk of the adjudicated lands now in a 10 acre minimum lot size subdivision. There is one ranch with approximately 300 acres. There are 2129 acres to be assessed, of which approximately 1000 are currently irrigated. The canal system is in need of rehabilitation, with some lands not able to obtain their water, and severe erosion occurring in sections of the main canal.

The Level II study conducted an inventory of the system, identified needed rehabilitation and improvements, examined the potential for an improved water supply, and prepared conceptual designs and cost estimates for those items.

RECOMMENDED LEGISLATIVE ACTION:
The WWDC recommends the project be incorporated in the Rehabilitation Program at Level III, however, the Select Water Committee removed the project from consideration.