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KRD OFFICE INFO

HOURS: 7am to 5pm, Monday - Friday

(Office will be closed all major holidays.)

Phone: 509.925.6158

Fax: 509.925.7425

MAILING ADDRESS

PO Box 276

Ellensburg, WA 98926

OFFICE ADDRESS

315 N Water St

Ellensburg, WA 98926

 

As a reminder, the KRD canal system and operational roads that surround them are for maintenance only. Please be safe, stay out of the canals and laterals as well as off the ditch bank roads.

The KRD Board has set the 
water allotment for 2023 at 2.0 cfs/acre. KRD's allotment, set by USBR, is 86%. Landowners throughout the system will be able to call in water orders to Ditch Riders at 509-925-6158 between 7:00am-7:45am.

NOTIFICATIONS
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KRD Board Meeting

Agenda & Minutes

Kittitas County Joint Control Board #1

Agenda & Minutes

KRD 2023 Newlsetter

Water Ordering 101

 

About KRD

The Kittitas Reclamation District is located in Central Washington in the Kittitas Valley.

KRD facts:

  • Approximately two thirds of all the irrigated acres in Kittitas County, approximately 60,000 acres, are serviced by the KRD's 330 miles of canals and laterals.

  • It is the 6th largest irrigation district in Washington State.

  • Thirty siphons, the longest is 3325 feet in length, and eleven tunnels help the canal keep as much elevation as possible.

  • From its start at Lake Easton Dam to its terminus on the Turbine Lateral where it spills to the Yakima River the canal only loses 310 feet in those 78 miles.

  • The KRD has a pro-ratable water right. In a drought year, when there is less water than it takes to fulfill all of the non-prorated water rights in the Yakima River basin, the KRD will receive less than its full entitlement. The last major shortfalls were in 2001, 2005, 2015, and 2019.

  • The KRD budget is funded by landowner assessments. The rates of assessment, as well as all KRD policies, are determined by a Board of Directors who are elected from landowners within the District. Board meetings are open to the public and are usually held the first Tuesday of every month at the KRD office.

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