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Reclamation Announces Additional Funds for Langell Valley Irrigation District Contractors

October 21, 2010

From: eglover@usbr.gov

Media Contact: Pete Lucero plucero@usbr.gov or 916-978-5100

http://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/newsrelease/detail.cfm?RecordID=34142

Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) Mid-Pacific Region Public Affairs Homepage:

http://www.usbr.gov/mp/PA/index.html

The Klamath Basin Area Office (KBAO) announced today that additional funds will be provided to irrigators in the Langell Valley Irrigation District (LVID). The money will be used to increase the amount LVID irrigators received for land idling during the drought of 2010. The additional funds, along with previous relief funds from the Klamath Water and Power Agency (KWAPA), will bring the total amount paid to LVID irrigators to approximately $100 per acre. Reclamation understands that drought relief will not replace water availability, but this assistance may help many of the contractors avoid devastating financial losses from the current natural drought situation.

Sue Fry, KBAO Area Manager, is hopeful the additional funding will help those most affected by the drought. “We have been working since early in the water year to provide funding for our contractors. This water year, although difficult and challenging, would have been much worse without the cooperation and assistance of the irrigation districts on the Klamath Project,” she said.

KWAPA will administer the program and LVID irrigators may call 541-850-2503 for information.

http://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/newsrelease/detail.cfm?RecordID=34142

Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) Mid-Pacific Region 2010 News Releases:

http://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/newsrelease/regionlist.cfm?Region=3&Year=2010

More Mid-Pacific Region News Releases from late August through October 2010:

Oct 19, 2010

Reclamation Releases Draft Contracts and EA for the 2011 Interim American River Division Water Service Contract Renewals for Placer County Water Agency and the City of Roseville

Oct 19, 2010

Temporary Acquisition of Water from Merced Irrigation District for East Bear Creek Unit of San Luis National Wildlife Refuge

Oct 19, 2010

Reclamation Announces Fourth Workshop on the Draft Municipal and Industrial Water Shortage Policy for the Central Valley Project

Oct 18, 2010