Kennewick Irrigation District Sees Water Reduction

The Kennewick Irrigation District was informed late Thursday it's diversion rate, or amount of water allowed to be released to customers, will be reduced more than first thought.

The United State Bureau of Reclamation informed KID it's overall rate will drop by 38.2 cubic feet per second, well above the original reduction of 20 cubic feet.  According to government documents and water rights, approximately 333 cubic feet of water per second is initially pumped from the Yakima River into the KID Main canal.  Cubic Feed per second is the standard measure of water flow (cfs).

While it may not be enormous, reducing the KID diversion by 38 c.f.s. out of 333 is significant.

KID officials remind consumers to continue to check the KID website for any other information, and to adhere to the watering policies issued by KID that went into effect at the end of may.

According to KID information Friday, the Bureau of Reclamation says the drought has officially arrived for 2015.