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Irrigation Efficiencies Grant Program - Kittitas CD
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Program level:
State
Provider:
Kittitas Conservation District
Benefits provided:
Financial, Free technical assistance
Land use:
Agriculture
Water-focused program:
No
Cooperatively restore instream flows for endangered salmonid populations and address on-farm water use efficiency within the state’s 16 critical basins.
Overview
Description:
To receive assistance, landowners must:
- Install a more efficient irrigation system
- Manage irrigation system to maximize water conservation (use qualified best management practices - BMP's)
- Measure water usage continuously.
- Maintain records of water usage.
- Install a fish screen on the irrigation water diversion within twelve months.
- Agree to compliance inspections when proper notice is given.
- Enroll a portion of the water savings into the Washington State Trust Water Rights Program.
BMP's that qualify for funding are:
- Irrigation system (Sprinklers)
- Irrigation water conveyance (Pipelines)
- Irrigation water management
- Pumping plant for water control
- Tail water recovery
- Structure for water control
- Water well
- Water flow measuring devices
Eligibility:
Since its inception, participating conservation districts have included: Asotin County, Cascadia (Chelan County), Clallam, Columbia, Kittitas County, North Yakima, Okanogan, Pomeroy (Garfield County), South Yakima, and Walla Walla County.
Any landowner with a water right for irrigation purposes on a priority stream (contact KCCD for information on priority streams) may be considered for IEGP. Once projects are developed and determined eligible, the landowner may apply to the KCCD for financial assistance for project implementation. Each project must have valid water rights and produce a biological improvement to the stream benefiting salmon.
Financial benefit:
The landowner/water right holder can receive up to 85% cost share, although the exact amount of cost share is determined in part by the percentage of the saved water put into the Trust Water Rights Program. The Natural Resource Conservation Service's (NRCS) methodology that evaluates irrigation water delivery system, irrigation system efficiency, and irrigation water management will be used to determine saved water.
The amount of calculated saved water that is not enrolled in the Trust remains a part of the original water right. Water Right holders are encouraged to closely monitored usage to determine whether the portion of the right that is retained is put to beneficial use.
Contact information
Information last updated on July 15, 2025.
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