Imperial Irrigation Distric

Fallowing Program Status Re

February 19, 2008
Fallowing Program Purpo

• Fulfill the annual water transfer delivery schedu

San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) and Salton Sea mitigation delivery schedule associatthis transfer

• Manage IID

’s annual 3.1 million acre

-foot Colora

consumptive use cap 

• Payback previous year

’s overuse or inadvertent 

of Colorado River water
0

50

100150200250300350

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 

Transfer Year

Thousands of Acre Feet

Salton Sea Mitigation FallowingOn-Farm FallowingOn-Farm EfficiencyIID System Efficiency

*

IID/SDCWA and IID/CVWD W

Transfer under the QSA – Exh
IID/SDCWA Water Conserva

Fallowing Schedule

0

50

100150200250300350

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 202

Transfer Year

T h o u s a n d s o f A c r e F e e t

Salton Sea Mitigation FallowingOn-Farm Fallowing

*
Fallowing Program Eligibility C

• Only whole fields with defined boundaries at least 10 acres in si• Each field proposed for fallowing must have been irrigated for c

production, leaching or duck ponds the previous 3 years, accounyears the field was contracted for an IID Fallowing Program.

• Each field proposed must have a water use history based on the 

adopted by the IID Board of Directors on April 4, 2006, with the a 6 acre

-feet per acre payment cap imposed. This Baseline will 

determined using the average water use for each field from a 1running average (1997 through 2006 for the 2008

-2009 Fallowi

with the maximum and minimum years eliminated from the ave

• Ability to turn off water to fields with multiple tenants.• Multiple fields and/or tenants sharing a single headgate must ha

verifiable water use records.
Fallowing Program Eligibility C

(con’t

)

• Charges for delivered water and water availability subject to II

D

Regulation # 11 must not be delinquent.

• Field participation in IID Fallowing Programs is limited to two of 

years and if a field is in the program for two continuous years, ieligible for the subsequent two years.

• If a service pipe uses water from the headgate of a proposed fie

Fallowing Party must submit a written plan outlining how the seneeds will be accommodated and make arrangements to implemaccommodation prior to the Program start date.

• Each proposed field must remain zoned agriculture for the contr

fallowing period.

• Any Fallowing Party who has been involved in the breach of a p

Program may be deemed ineligible.
Fallowing Program Contrac

Provisions

• Tenants are responsible for obtaining all landowner approvals fo

participation.

• Fallowing Party will consider the impact of fallowing lands subje

Williamson Act Contract.

• Fallowing Party shall be responsible for weed control and expen

required by Imperial County’s Weed Abatement Ordinance.

• Fallowing Party shall be responsible for dust control as described 

Agreement. After proof of performance, participant will be reim

pre

-approved dust mitigation Best Management Practices 

(BMPs

• Should IID implement an Equitable Distribution Plan during any 

the Fallowing Program term, the Fallowing Party shall be responconveying to IID the contracted fallowed water volume prior to any payment.
Fallowing Program Selection 

Payment Criteria

• Water yield per acre based on the water use history Baseline (capped at 

per acre) and a trend analysis using more recent water history and crop

• Field location’s potential impact on environmental, operational, and mai

costs.

• Potential contract limitations and constraints due to previous water com• Previous verification, mitigation, and contract compliance history with ot

programs.

• Verification that all eligibility criteria has been met in the program and a• If more proposals are received than necessary to yield the required wat

selection process will be utilized to determine the 2008-2009 Fallowing participants. Those fields not offered contracts based on the random seprocess may be rolled over into the next Fallowing Program. 
Fallowing Program

Compliance & Verification

• July 1 

- SAP crop code revised to reflect FP participation, 

eliminates ability to order water on FP fields

• Delivery gates locked (where possible) or physical block 

installed/verified for all FP fields

• Quarterly field inspections/photo verifications by IID staff• Semi

-annual field and data validation (5% of FP acreage) 
IID FALLOWING PROGRAMS

2003

-2004 Emergency FP (12/1/03-12/31/04)

• $1,774,782• 69 fields• 5,764 acres• 38,641 acre-feet water yield (at farm)• 6.7 af/ac (at-farm) average program yield

2004

-2005 FP (7/1/04-6/30/05)

• $3,356,392• 118 fields• 12,126.5 acres• 67,273 acre-feet (at farm) water yield• 5.5 af/ac (at-farm) average program yield

2005

-2006 FP (7/1/05-6/30/06)

• $3,180,992• 105 fields• 11,676.2 acres• 69,764.1 acre-feet (at farm) water yield• 6.0 af/ac (at-farm) average program yield
IID FALLOWING PROGRAMS 

2006

-2007 FP (7/1/06-6/30/07)

• $5,326,065• 169 fields• 17,984.4 acres• 96,394.8 acre-feet (at farm) water yield• 5.4 af/ac (at-farm) average program yield

2007

-2008 FP (7/1/07-6/30/08)

• $6,246,532• 150 fields• 16,172 acres• 89,512 acre-feet (at farm) water yield*• 5.5 af/ac (at-farm) average program yield*

* provisional

More Fallowing Program Details

http://www.iid.com

(click on the Water Department link and look for the Fallowing button on th
Fallowing Programs Combined Sum

5 Programs (December 1, 2003 

– June 30, 20

• $19,884,763• 611 contracted fields• 477 separate fields/131 duplicate fields• 63,723 total fallowed acres• 361,585 acre

-feet (at farm) water yield*

• 415,290 acre

-feet (at River) water yield*

5.77 AF/AC average FP (at farm) water y

$55/AF average cost*

* provisional
2008-2009 Fallowing Progra

Solicitation/Contracting Sche

• FP Plan and Contract – currently being updated 

accommodate potential for Fallowing Program/EDistribution overlaps)

• December 21, 2007 – solicitation process began• February 1, 2008 – solicitation deadline• March 24, 2008 – deadline to issue first set of c• April 16, 2008 – 2008-2009 FP contracting goal • July 1, 2008 – 2008-2009 FP start date
2008-2009 Fallowing Progra

Status

267 field applications submitted covering 27,506

IID staff is working on compiling historical water us

analysis purposes, evaluating applications to en

eligibility criteria is met, and conducting preliminary 

to assess field conditions.

Fallow Hotline phone number (760) 339-98
Questions?