Irrigation Service

The annual irrigation season deliveries non-potable water to customers of the Divide. Irrigation water is conveyed from Stumpy Meadows through approximately 70 miles of canals, ditches, conduits, and flumes to the communities of Georgetown, Garden Valley, Kelsey, Greenwood, Cool, and Pilot Hill.

The conveyance system capacity allows for the delivery of roughly 632 miner's inches during each irrigation season. A total of 18 segments or routes are designated throughout the system, each having a maximum delivery allotment, totaling 632 miner's inches.

Irrigation season typically occurs between May and September of each year. The season may be adjusted by the Board of Directors annually.

2024 Irrigation Season

The 2024 Irrigation Season will begin May 15th and end October 15th.

The Board of Directors adopted Ordinance 2023-04 establishing Rules and Regulations for Irrigation service. The Ordinance was the product of collaborative work with the Irrigation Committee which incorporated material provided through public and customer feedback. The Ordinance is available for review below:

Ordinance 2023-04 Irrigation Rules and Regulations.pdf

Potential Available Raw Water for the 2024 Irrigation Season:

The following areas potentially have available raw water for the 2024 Irrigation Season. Please contact the District if interested in either increasing existing service amounts or establishing new service.

A. Georgetown/Reservoir Rd to Sliger Mine Road West

B. Sliger Mine Road to Auburn Lake Trails 2nd Gate

C. Kramer Rd. and Cherry Acres

D. HWY 193/49 Corridor/ Auburn Lake Trails 2nd Gate to Rattle Snake Bar

E. Pilot Hill Pipelines

F. HWY 193 to Greenwood Rd. via Greybar Mine Rd.

G. Georgetown to Kelsey (HWY 193 to Shoo Fly)

H. Garden Valley Pipelines

2024 Seasonal Irrigation Rate Schedule

½ Miner's inch = $77.00 per month (pipelines only)
1 or more Miner's inches = $154.20 per Miner's inch per month

1 Miner's Inch (m.i.) is equivalent to:

= 11.22 gallons per minute
= 673 gal. per hour
= 16,157 gal. per day
= 494,000 gal. per month
= 2,500,000 gallons per 5-month season

Irrigation Tutorials

GDPUD Irrigation Tutorial Box Service: https://youtu.be/sKF8JeADc8U

GDPUD Irrigation Tutorial Screen Service: https://youtu.be/hX9Daafv-r0

Irrigation is an advanced bi-monthly billing structure. Allotments are required to be used continuously.

For more information contact: Adam Brown, Operations Manager, abrown@gd-pud,org or call (530) 333-4356.

Website Accessibility Policy

Georgetown Divide Public Utility District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Georgetown Divide Public Utility District has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

If you need any special assistance or accommodations:

Call us at (530) 333-4356 Fax: (530) 333-9442

Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

Georgetown Divide Public Utility District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, Georgetown Divide Public Utility District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.

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Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at (530) 333-4356 Fax: (530) 333-9442.

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