Water Allocation Update: August 21, 2024
August 20, 2024
The LNID Board of Directors reviewed the current water supply of the Oldman River Reservoir and district crop demands at their regular meeting on August 20, 2024, and has approved a motion to increase the annual allocation from 11” per irrigation acre to 13” per irrigation acre. The Board also approved a motion that there will be no more increases to the allocation this year. At a 13" allocation, LNID remains a party to the Water Sharing Memorandum of Understanding.
LNID continues to target an end of season storage between 42-45% in the Oldman River Reservoir. At the time of the meeting, the Oldman River Reservoir was at approximately 72% of full supply volume (about 354,500 dam3) and Keho Reservoir was around 89.5% of full supply volume. The average water use in the district is approximately 7.2” per acre. Inflows into the Oldman River Reservoir were at low levels similar to those seen at this time in 2023.