BOISE — In the ongoing Surface Water Coalition’s conjunctive administration delivery call, Director Mathew Weaver of the Idaho Department of Water Resources has completed Steps 7 and 8 in a Sept. 11 Methodology Order, as required by the court.

After a dry summer with below-normal precipitation, Weaver calculated a combined total shortfall of 63,700 acre-foot split between the Twin Falls Canal Co. (59,600 acre-feet) and the American Falls Reservoir District #2 (4,100 acre-feet) for the remainder of the irrigation season.

The director also found that the curtailment actions required under the May and July curtailment orders will produce 58,000 acre-feet of water for Twin Falls Canal Co. and AFRD2 in the Blackfoot to Minidoka “Reach Gains,” this year, leaving a shortfall of approximately 5,

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