Irrigation
What is the most inefficient way to irrigate and the most labor intensive (you must use exact terminology)
Flood irrigating, flooding
Who owns the Wallowa Lake Dam?
The farmers
once every five years
What is a swing line
Pipe that connects to the mainline in irrigation to get the water to the hand pipe or wheel lines?
What is one thing that is better about flooding than pipe?
Better for wildlife, no cost of pipe systems
What type of irrigation must be moved piece by piece by a human?
hand pipe
When was the last time the Dam was worked on or repaired?
1929
True or false? You need a water right for a well?
True
What is WLID?
Wallowa Lake Irrigation District
What the biggest drawback of Center Pivots?
hard to irrigate corners, ruts in fields
What is one reason wheel lines are better than center pivots when it comes to coverage?
You can irrigate the corners.
How is water measured in the lake, by what measuring unit?
Acre Feet
What is the name given to someone who has first rights to the water on a shortage year?
Senior Water right holder
What is a junior water right?
rights that were given most recently and that must shut off earliest during shortages
How did Mr. Bates tell you to think about an Acre foot, how you could imagine that much water?
The football field, 1 foot deep
What system helps farmers at the bottom of the ditch save on power costs?
Pipelines
When were the first water maps in Wallowa County Created?
1915
What happens to a water right when land is sold?
It stays with the land and transfers to the new owner
Title is the name given to the person who regulates the Dam and Ditches (Mr. Bates)
Water Master
In relation to irrigation, what is the highest cost when using a pivot that is not gravity fed
Power
When we went to the ditch on the field trip, what is the pipe system called where water comes out of the ditch, over the screen and then down into the pipeline
When water leaves the Dam and enters a new ditch system what is that location called?
A point of diversion
The main rule for obtaining and using a water right says what?
you must be seeking beneficial use without waste
What is Prior Appropriation
First in right first in time. Those who have the oldest right get water first in drought years
Who is in charge of monitoring water use in Wallowa County?
David Bates