El Dorado Irrigation District Government News

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.

02/20/2022
Dorado Irrigation District is drawing new district maps, and board members have indicated their preference for the first redistricting map, Alternative iA. All map alternatives are on EID’s website, and a formal hearing will be held Feb. 28.

02/17/2022
With the El Dorado Irrigation District struggling to rebuild three burned-out flumes, the water agency is seeking a potential $10 million grant to help replace its longest wooden flume with concrete.

01/25/2022
Underground piping of the El Dorado Irrigation District’s Main Ditch is expected to be completed by early February, according to a summary provided to the EID Board of Directors.

12/21/2021
With census data processed and available, employees of the El Dorado Irrigation District have been working on redistricting—a regular process designed to make the political map reflect how the population had changed.