This page is intended to provide educational information for Pioneer patrons on different aspects of water delivery. As always, if you have a question you haven't been able to find an answer to on our website, please call the District office at (208) 459-3617.
PRESSURIZED
SUBDIVISIONS
Water Users
If you wish to have a piece of property included into Pioneer's district for irrigation, you must petition the Board of Directors for annexation. Start the process by sending a letter to the Board of Directors to the address at the bottom of this page, requesting annexation into the District. The letter must include the following:
Once Pioneer has received this information, the District will:
WATER ROTATION
GENERAL POLICIES
Please note that Pioneer does not typically set water rotation schedules for water users in residential areas. 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 does not generally determine that schedule.
RIGHT-OF-WAY INFORMATION
Pioneer has prepared a guide to help define things like encroachments, easements, and other irrigation right-of-way related information.
ANNEXING INTO PIONEER'S
DISTRICT FOR IRRIGATION
PRIVATE FACILITIES
Ditches below Pioneer's delivery point are private and it is the responsibility of the users of private ditches to properly maintain them.
Pioneer Irrigation District does not maintain the pressurized irrigation within subdivisions. Many of those systems are maintained by either the City of Caldwell or the City of Nampa.
This means while Pioneer might actually provide the water to the pump station that pressurizes the water, the City who has annexed the subdivision handles everything from the pump station into the subdivision--including maintenance of the system, billing, watering schedules, etc.
If you have a problem, as in no water or too much water in your pressurized system, please check the Subdivision List Tab on our website to determine who handles your system. You will need to call that entity to get help with the issue.
If your subdivision isn't on the list, you are welcome to call Pioneer and we will be happy to help figure out who it is that you need to contact.