06/29/07 Some have it, others face water curtailment

While a lot of farmers are worried about a possible water curtailment others are thankful they will have just enough water to get through this crop year. JENSEN "We are cautions but hoping that it's going to be good. We have some carry over from last year that helps us. We should be okay." That's what Gem County farmer Vaughn Jenson said earlier this spring. Earlier this month Jenson and farmers like Fred Sarceda got unexpected rain. JENSEN "It bought us some time to get some water on this corn, took the stress off it." SARCEDA "We increased our allotment from 1.2 to 1.5 which was a plus in the irrigation end of things and then the inch of rain we got. It was really good." Thanks to carryover from the previous winter southern Idaho reservoirs for the most part have enough water to allow for adequate irrigation. The exception will be those who are forced to shut down their pumps early next month to meet a Thousand Springs area water call. The Water Resources Department says curtailment will happen without some kind of mitigation agreement. Voice of Idaho Agriculture Bill Scott