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Information for Water Users

Pioneer will use this page to provide general information to water users regarding water issues that might affect them. Please click on the link below to see information on the topic chosen.

General Policies and Procedures
Petition for Annexation - to request to be included in Pioneer's District
Water Use Rotation - when can I water?
Right-of-Way Information - defines things like "encroachment", easements, etc.
Private Facility Information - explains what private facilties are and why they exist
Pressurized Subdivisions - who to call when you have a problem

General Policies and Procedures

• The use of sterilants on canal banks is stricly prohibited.
• You must order your water on or off with a minimum of 36 hours notice to your ditchrider.
• Water WILL NOT BE DELIVERED to property which has ANY past due balance owing. All assessments must be paid current before water will be delivered!
• If you buy or sell property within the District, please advise the office by calling 459-3617.
• Owners of livestock are responsible for any damage done to any irrigation ditches.
• Persons who tamper with headgates or damage any water control device will be held responsible for their actions.
• Waterusers of any ditch below Pioneer's Point of Delivery are responsible for the maintenance of their ditch, as well as any flood damage caused by improper maintenance of their ditch.
• Pioneer Irrigation District will not be responsible for machinery, tools, syphon tubes or any other equipment left in the easement along canals and drain ditches. The responsible parties will be billed for the removal of such, as well as for the clearing away of junk and debris in the drains and on easements.
• Due to the possibility the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will start enforcing stricter regulations on waste water, etc., IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT ALL FARMERS make an effort to keep excess silt and loose soil from moving down their irrigation runs and off their property. Convservation practices including irrigation-water-management, sediment ponds, vegetative-filter strips, buried outlets, sprinkler irrigation systems, conservation tillage, conservation-cropping-sequence, straw mulching and the use of Polyacrylamide (PAM) can be effective tools used to reduce sediment run-off and soil erosion.

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Petition for Annexation

If you wish to be allowed use of District water, you must petition the Board for inclusion, as well as exclude from the District you currently belong to. Steps for annexation are:

• You send a letter requesting inclusion to the Board of Directors at PO Box 426, Caldwell, Idaho 83606. The letter must include your request, a COMPLETE LEGAL DESCRIPTION of the property involved, proof of exclusion from your current district and a $250.00 processing fee.
• Pioneer must advertise the petition publicly and will do so upon receiving your request.
• The Board of Directors will review your request at the next regularly scheduled Board meeting.
• If approved and Order for Annexation will be drawn up. That Order does not become effective for 90 days.
• If no one opposed the annexation, after 90 days, the Order will be recorded and you will be informed.
• You will be assessed as appropriate from that point on.

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Water Rotation

In response to customer questions, please note that Pioneer Irrigation District does not typically set water rotation schedules for water users in residential areas, whether on canals/laterals or in subdivisions. This is up to the water users themselves to organize. If you have questions on water rotation, we advise you to talk to your neighbors and/or homeowner's association first. Your ditchrider may know what the rotation schedule has typically been, but in most cases, he does not set that schedule. If you have questions on this, please call the office.

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Pressurized Subdivisions

Many of the subdivisions that have pressurized sprinklers are not maintained by Pioneer even though they may technically be within the District boundaries. The cities of Nampa and Caldwell each have their own municipal irrigation districts that handle many of these subdivisions.

What that means is that while Pioneer might actually provide the water to the pump station that pressurizes the water, the city who has annexed that subdivision handles everything from the pump station into the subdivision. They also bill each lot.

So, when you have a problem such as no water or too much water and you live in a pressurized subdivision, please the check the list at the link below and contact the appropriate city. If your subdivision isn't on the list, you are welcome to call Pioneer's office and we'll be happy to help figure out who you need to contact. The first page of the list is Caldwell with their phone number and subdivision list, and the second page is Nampa with their phone number and subdivision list. Subdivision List

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