El Dorado Irrigation District Government News

11/15/2024
A good explainer of the El Dorado Irrigation District revenues and budget for 2024 and 2025.

10/13/2024
An introduction to Paul Penn who is running for a seat on the El Dorado Irrigation District board of directors for District 1.

10/04/2024
An introduction to Noel Russell who is running for the District 1 seat on the El Dorado Irrigation District Board of Directors in the November election.

10/04/2024
A grant for $240,000 was awarded by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to upgrade boat launching facilities at Sly Park Lake.

09/27/2024
In their September 23 meeting, the El Dorado Irrigation District Board of Directors reviewed capital improvement projects and costs.

09/13/2024
An introduction to Bradley Popejoy who is running for the El Dorado Irrigation District Board of Directors to represent Division 3 in November.

09/13/2024
An introduction to Charles Mansfield who is running for El Dorado Irrigation District Division 3 director.has thrown his hat in the ring to serve as the next El Dorado Irrigation District Board of Directors for Division 3 in November.

08/15/2024
A "boil water" notice was issued for the El Dorado Irrigation District Salmon Falls and Monte Vista service area following a water line break.

08/05/2024
The El Dorado Irrigation District investments in alternative energy projects is paying off.

07/03/2024
In their June 24 meeting, the El Dorado Irrigation District Board of Directors approved a 20-year plan of upgrades to infrastructure.

06/16/2024
The El Dorado Irrigation District water treatment plant is 63 years old and plans are underway for renovations and upgrades.

04/12/2024
The El Dorado Irrigation District certified the Sly Park Intertie Improvements Project environmental impact report paving the way for the next phase of the effort to replace an interconnection pipeline decommissioned since 2013.

03/15/2024
The El Dorado Irrigation District reported that Jenkinson Lake is full with Folsom Lake above normal for this time of year.

12/29/2023
El Dorado Irrigation District Directors Alan Day and Lori Anzini tried for a motion to hike water rates 8 percent, but lost on a 2-3 vote.

10/27/2023
The El Dorado Irrigation District Board of Directors has adopted its 2024-28 Capital Improvement Plan.

06/23/2023
At a cost of $4,171,246.80 crews will replace 3,576 linear feet of water line on Forebay Road.

04/19/2023
Three miles in three different sections of the Mother Lode force main will be replaced by Teichert Construction with completion by August 2024, according to an update heard by the El Dorado Irrigation District Board of Directors.

03/31/2023
Steve Griffin, a resident of the Hidden Lake neighborhood north of Placerville, told the El Dorado Irrigation District Board of Directors he had sent out 50 notices to property owners and received positive feedback on transferring ownership of the lake to a private party or community entity.

03/24/2023
Directors of the El Dorado Irrigation District voted 4-1 to accept the midrange bid for a cost-of-service analysis by NBS. Director Lori Anzini shifted her vote from the Feb. 27 meeting when she and Director Alan Day voted for the lowest total cost bid.

03/03/2023
At its Feb. 13 meeting, the El Dorado Irrigation District Board of Directors heard an information item about EID’s more than 50 above-ground storage reservoirs.

01/19/2023
As 2022 turned to 2023, El Dorado Irrigation District general manager Jim Abercrombie writes that he is grateful for the excellent work done by EID last year.

12/22/2022
El Dorado Irrigation District's 2023-24 operating budget and five-year financial plan through 2027 was approved on a 4-1 vote Dec. 12, with Director Alan Day voting no.

12/12/2022
Lori Anzini looks back on her term as president of El Dorado Irrigation District Board of Directors.

11/17/2022
At its Nov. 14 meeting, the El Dorado Irrigation District Board of Directors engaged in a public workshop on the 2023-24 operating budget and 2023-27 financial plan. Finance director Jamie Bandy outlined an operating budget that showed a nearly $5 million drop in revenue.

10/27/2022
The El Dorado Irrigation District Board of Directors heard an update on water supplies on Oct. 24. “September thunderstorms provided the ability to increase hydroelectric generation and … the filling of El Dorado Forebay to maximize capacity,” states a report from hydrologist Jordan Baxter.

10/16/2022
The 2023-27 capital improvement plan, which includes funds to replace wooden flumes with concrete ones so they don’t burn in forest fires, has been presented to the El Dorado Irrigation District Board of Directors.

10/04/2022
Complete replacement of the Silver Lake Dam has been penciled in five years from now, according to an agreement between El Dorado Irrigation District, FEMA and the state Division of Safety of Dams.

06/29/2022
In the midst of the third year of drought, El Dorado Irrigation District announced that alpine reservoirs are at or near capacity and lake levels range from 78.6% to 100%. The Board of Directors says the current water supply will last 10 years.

05/09/2022
Water is once again flowing through the El Dorado Irrigation District’s El Dorado Canal. On May 5, water began to flow through this important water delivery system damaged by the 220,000-plus-acre Caldor Fire last summer.

03/17/2022
A bond potentially worth $80 million was unanimously approved March 14 by the Board of Directors to amortize the El Dorado Irrigation District’s unfunded pension liability.