Filling of East Low Canal to begin

Craig N. Simpson, secretary and manager of the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District, says that the District will begin filling the East low Canal for the 2022 irrigation season on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. The East Low Canal serves the Moses Lake, Warden and Othello areas of the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District and the Connell (Block 18) area of the South Basin Irrigation District.

Deliveries from the East Low Canal will begin on March 28. Deliveries to the East District’s Block 49, from the Potholes East Canal, will begin to be available March 21.

Irrigation deliveries will be depe...