Water Use & Regulations
Water Use & Regulations
Lewiston Orchards Irrigation District wants to encourage patrons to conserve irrigation water and our web site is full of tips on how to use less water. Another method Lewiston Orchards Irrigation District uses to conserve irrigation water is to impose watering restrictions.
During the summer months our climate is semi-aride and that means everyone needs to do their part and water smart.
Interesting Fact:
Lewiston Orchards Irrigation District patrons used 1,549,428,022 gallons of irrigation water between May and September last year. District patrons used 580,629,152 gallons of domestic water for the entire year of 2009. Overall, patrons used almost 3 times as much irrigation water in 5 months than all year with domestic. That is a lot of water!
