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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 1483832" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>If you lived in an area with 9 inches of annual rainfall you would learn about water rights in a hurry. In a nut shell it is how much water is available for use and who used that water first. In the case of this farm there are two diversion ditches. One for each side of the valley. When compared to the entire watershed their is very little irrigated land so there is plenty of water. The withdrawal points for both ditches are on this property. So I would be the first one with water. Also this little community is on the old Oregon Trail and was an important stage stop. That put water use dated back to the 1870's. A 1870's-80's date on water rights are absolutely golden.</p><p>Water in the big irrigation projects with lots reservoirs and canals can cost up to $70 an acre or more just for water delivery plus the cost to pump it on to your field. The small simple system involved on this property the cost is only $7 an acre for delivered water with no pumping cost. That money goes to the irrigation district for ditch maintenance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 1483832, member: 498"] If you lived in an area with 9 inches of annual rainfall you would learn about water rights in a hurry. In a nut shell it is how much water is available for use and who used that water first. In the case of this farm there are two diversion ditches. One for each side of the valley. When compared to the entire watershed their is very little irrigated land so there is plenty of water. The withdrawal points for both ditches are on this property. So I would be the first one with water. Also this little community is on the old Oregon Trail and was an important stage stop. That put water use dated back to the 1870's. A 1870's-80's date on water rights are absolutely golden. Water in the big irrigation projects with lots reservoirs and canals can cost up to $70 an acre or more just for water delivery plus the cost to pump it on to your field. The small simple system involved on this property the cost is only $7 an acre for delivered water with no pumping cost. That money goes to the irrigation district for ditch maintenance. [/QUOTE]
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