*WATER IN 2026 – DROUGHT RESPONSE – Starting April 2026, PID is asking all residential areas to start a reduced turf watering schedule to conserve water in response to the DIRE Drought we are facing. This means picking 2 days per week, example: Wednesday & Saturday or Thursday & Sunday. On these 2 days, water for no more than 15 minutes per zone or watering area. Please water your trees and shrubs every 2 weeks to keep them alive. We aren’t under mandates YET. Irrigation in the Grand Valley was designed primarily for agriculture and those that make their living from farming; examples, corn, hay, orchards, vineyards, livestock & feed. Please be wise with our limited water.  Please check out the Drought Response Information Program website at https://www.dripinfo.com/resources for more information.

37-84-108. Running excess of water forbidden.
During the summer season it shall not be lawful for any person to run through his irrigating ditch any greater quantity of water than is absolutely necessary for irrigating his land, and for domestic and stock purposes, it being the intent and meaning of this section to prevent the wasting and useless discharge and running away of water.

**37-84-119. Ditches to be kept in repair.
The owners, or persons in control, of any canal or ditch used for irrigating purposes shall maintain the same in good order and repair, ready to receive water by April1 in each year, so far as can be accomplished by the exercise of reasonable care and diligence, and shall construct the necessary outlets in the banks of the canal or ditch for a proper delivery of the water to persons having paid-up shares or who have rights to the use of water. A multiplicity of outlets in the canal or ditch shall at all times be avoided, so far as the same shall be reasonably practicable, and the location of the same shall be under the control of and shall be at the most convenient and practicable points consistent with the protection and safety of the ditch for the distribution of water among the various claimants thereof; and such location shall be under the control of a superintendent.

*Palisade/CDOT [37 3/10 Rd/Elberta Ave, Seventh & Eight Street] – Roundabout started 11/01/25 until further notice. [updated 11/19/25]

*Clifton/MC R&B – project 32 1/2 Rd from E Rd  north to the RR tracks 2026. [updated 01/08/26]

*The Next PID Board Meeting will be Thursday, April 02, 2026 @ 7p.m. – Board meetings are usually held the first Thursday of each month, generally, at 7pm at the PID Office, there are exceptions; next board meeting May 07, 2026. Anyone wishing to address the Board needs to contact the Office Manager at least one week or the Friday prior to the Board Meeting  in order to be placed on the agenda.  Please check our “Meetings” tab to view the current Agenda. [updated 03/30/26]

*Election 12/08/26 for Region3/Palisade – Election for Region1/GJ-Fruitvale will be December 07, 2027 and must submit self-nomination by 09/25/26 to the PID Office Manager. [website update 01/31/26]

***On your Mesa County Real Estate Property Tax Notice 2024 due in 2025 [received in Jan 2025], you’ll notice a SPECIAL ASSESSMENT $ [varies with size of parcel from $105 paying the 2026 Water Assessment.  If you call the Mesa County Assessor’s & Treasurer’s offices, regarding this Special Assessment, the staff will direct you to call PID for further information on the line item. We hope this explains, but PID has no control over the wording or printing of the notices from Mesa County.  Assessments for the first acre and less are $105 per year. Rates for any acreage above the first acre is $20 per acre or fraction thereof.  11/2024 there are 8441 parcels of 1acre or less & of those 771 parcels that have more than 1 acre and the 2025 water assessments total $950,600.  ***example:  https://forms.gle/hrxxLAaoc6J1DzBt8

Palisade Irrigation District’s operating hours are Monday-Friday. Office & PHONE hours are 9am-3pm , with exceptions.  Our Office phone number is 970-464-4700. When we are unable to answer the phone, please leave a message [with our message service] with your name, address and phone number, with a detailed message and we will contact you on the next business day.  Please be patient and polite with our message service, as they are in place to help us serve water users. Please remember that after the weekend, we have many return calls to make and we will contact you in order. If you call & leave a message or email AND request a return call, please NOTE – you’ll want to answer during the time you have contacted PID; if you have blocking on your phone line, we will be unable to contact you. We will not answer blocked/anonymous/private calls, so please unblock before calling. PID field techs work M-F from 7am-3pm and one is on call for after hours and weekend emergencies. Please be patient. We  WILL NOT release our Field Techs cell numbers.

If you want to visit the office in person, please call and make an appointment so we can plan for your visit.

FOR ALL UPDATES ON IRRIGATION WATER DELIVERIES OR OUTAGES, PLEASE CLICK ON THE “OUTAGE UPDATE” TAB AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE OR SEE OUR NEWS SECTION LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE ! .

OPEN DITCHES – The District is not responsible for operating or maintaining open ditches.  Those that use or can use those ditches are responsible for preparing them for the irrigation season by April 1st.  This includes cleaning them from trash, debris, weeds and sediment.  If a ditch is not ready to accept water by April 1, the District may refuse to deliver irrigation water.

 As a reminder, underground District valves are not to be operated by non-District personnel. – THANK YOU

PID is not responsible for operating private systems.  However, if property damage is occurring due to over-topping head or tail ditches, plugged or broken pipes or drains the District must turn off the District water-source until repairs to the private system are complete.

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