The Roza Irrigation District started refilling its canal on Monday, after a three-week shut down to conserve water. the shut down now means growers will have enough water to last until late September.
The Bureau of Reclamation projects most junior water rights holders will see only about 44 percent of their normal supply, which for many on the Roza meant they'd be out of water by mid August at the latest.

But now Roza Irrigation is estimating growers will have enough water for crops to make it through this statewide drought.

“Even the September water is going to be a small amount, but it's enough to keep plants alive and functioning well enough so that they'll go into the fall and then, you know provide a valuable crop going into the next year,” Wayne Sonnichsen, an engineer with Roza Irrigation told us.

Conserving this water is extremely important for vineyard and orchard owners who grow fruit through late September.

The Roza Irrigation District expects to have all water supplies back up and running by the end of this week.

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