First Irrigations Finished-Starting Seconds

With the much needed monsoon rains on Beaver Creek this month, we have been able to finish first irrigations and are now starting on second irrigations. Please be aware that this present water on Beaver Creek is not just day by day, but literally hour by hour with very low head flow rates. If you are irrigating when the creek drops, your irrigation will also stop. If we have an increase in the creek flow, your head pressure will also increase. We understand that these are trying conditions to irrigate with and are doing everything in our power to control fluctuations in the system.

As I am posting this morning our creek flow has gone from 17cfs to 10cfs.

 

Skg: Skaguay's water level in Acre Feet
Bvr Crk at Cemetary: Beaver Creek measured at the Wildlife Area on Upper Beaver Creek.

Bvr Crk at Diversion: You will only see amounts here if we are not able to capture all that is coming down the creek as in a high runoff year, a heavy rain event or when we are doing repairs on certain parts of the system.
L St: Beaver Creek after it has been diverted at the Diversion Dam. This is the water that is physically in Penrose for irrigation and domestic purposes.
PWD: Penrose Water use in CFS

2011 Irrigations Stopped Until Conditions Improve July 1-17 Readings

As you can see from the readings we have had less than 1 cfs (cubic feet per second) at the diversion for all but 3 days in July. From the 5^th to the 14^th we had zero cfs creek flow at our diversion. The Division of Wildlife has been irrigating their hayfields on Beaver Creek and very little of the flow being passed through Skaguay is reaching us here in Penrose. We are still hopeful, but until conditions improve, for this season, irrigation will not be resumed.

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HOW DRY IS IT IN PENROSE?
A fellow on K Street said he'd killed a mosquito that was carrying a canteen.
A man 2nd Street said the chicken farmers were giving the chickens
crushed ice to keep them from laying hard-boiled eggs.
On R Street they caught a 20 lb catfish that had ticks on it!
But just this week, on 3rd Street a fire hydrant was seen bribing a dog.
It's so dry in Penrose that the Baptists are starting to baptize by sprinkling,
the Methodists are using wet-wipes,
the Presbyterians are giving out rain-checks,
and the Catholics are praying for the wine to turn back into water.
Now THAT's Dry!

June Water Readings

This chart is our June water readings along Beaver Creek from Skaguay to Penrose Water district.

Skg: Skaguay's water level in Acre Feet
Bvr Crk at Cemetary: Beaver Creek measured at the Wildlife Area on Upper Beaver Creek.
Bvr Crk at Diversion:  You will only see amounts here if we are not able to capture all that is coming down the creek as in a high runoff year, a heavy rain event or when we are doing repairs on certain parts of the system.
L St:  Beaver Creek after it has been diverted at the Diversion Dam.  This is the water that is physically in Penrose for irrigation and domestic purposes.