Form 5070 Survey of Irrigation Organizations

Survey of Irrigation Organizations

Survey of Irrigation Organizations - DRAFT - 12-03-2019

Survey of Irrigation Organizations

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SURVEY OF IRRIGATION ORGANIZATIONS
OMB No.
Approval Expires: 1/1/0001
Project Code: 913
Survey ID: 5070

United States
Department of
Agriculture
ECONOMIC
RESEARCH
SERVICE
NATIONAL
AGRICULTURAL
STATISTICS
SERVICE
USDA/NASS
National Operations Division
9700 Page Avenue, Suite 400
St. Louis, MO 63132-1547
Phone: 1-888-424-7828
Fax: 1-855-415-3687
Email: [email protected]
Please make corrections to name, address, and ZIP Code, if necessary.
We are collecting information on facilities, operation, revenue, costs, and practices for irrigation organizations. These are organizations that either deliver
water directly to farms and ranches for irrigation or directly impact the use of groundwater by farms and ranches. Some organizations serve both water
delivery and groundwater management roles. We need your help to make this information as accurate as possible.
The information you provide will be used for statistical purposes only. Your responses will be kept confidential and any person who willfully discloses ANY
identifiable information about you or your operation is subject to a jail term, a fine, or both. This survey is conducted in accordance with the Confidential
Information Protection provisions of Title V, Subtitle A, Public Law 107-347 and other applicable Federal laws. For more information on how we protect your
information please visit: https://www.nass.usda.gov/confidentiality. Response is voluntary.
According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB number is . The time required to complete this information collection is estimated
to average 60 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data
needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.
We encourage you to refer to your organization's records and annual reports during the interview.

· Submit your report by mail or via the internet at www.agcounts.usda.gov
· If you have received multiple questionnaires, then you are associated with multiple organizations identified by USDA.
The goal of this data collection effort is to better understand operations, investments, and management at the
organizational level, so how you should respond depends on the specifics of these organizations. If the multiple
organizations with which you are associated are legally, functionally, or in any other critical way separate, then you or
someone else associated with the organizations should fill out a separate questionnaire for each separate
organization.
· If you have questions or need assistance, call 1-888-424-7828
Print the information below for the person completing this form:
Name
xxxx
Area Code and Phone Number
xxxx

Date Completed (MM-DD-YYYY)

xxxx

E-mail
xxxx

Thank you for your cooperation.

-2SECTION 1 – ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW
Survey Screening Questions
1. During 2019, did this organization deliver water directly to farms or ranches?
xxxx

Yes

2. During 2015-2018, did this organization deliver water directly to farms or ranches?
xxxx

Yes

3. During 2019, did this organization directly influence groundwater use by farms or ranches in any of these ways?
xxxx
a. Monitoring and reporting on groundwater conditions..............................................................

Yes

xxxx
b. Collecting metered or self-reported pumping data..................................................................

Yes

xxxx
c. Charging pumping fees or water right fees.............................................................................

Yes

xxxx
d. Permitting development of new wells.....................................................................................

Yes

xxxx
e. Managing groundwater recharge............................................................................................

Yes

xxxx
Managing groundwater quality................................................................................................

Yes

g. Other - specify:

XXXX

xxxx
______________________________________________________

4. If you answered "Yes" to any of the questions in items 1-3, continue.
If you answered "No" to all of those questions, go to Section 10.
This survey is for:
· Organizations that deliver irrigation water directly to farms and ranches
· Organizations that directly influence on-farm groundwater pumping for irrigation
These types of organizations should continue to item 5.
Other water-related organizations that should NOT answer this survey include:
· Water research organizations
· Organizations that advocate for agricultural water supplies
· “Storage and pass-through” organizations that deliver water to irrigation districts and
ditch companies but not directly to farms
· Drinking water (municipal and industrial) facilities
These types of organizations should go to Section 10.

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Organization Details
5. What other functions does this organization serve? (Check all that apply.)
xxxx

Municipal or residential water

xxxx

Electricity generation

xxxx

Recreation or wildlife management

xxxx

Agricultural drainage management

xxxx

Flood retention - main river channel

xxxx

Other - specify:

xxxx

6. What counties does this organization serve? (List top five.)
State
Abbreviation

County Name

What percent of irrigated acres
served by this organization
are in this county?

xxxx

Governance Structure
7. Is this organization registered as a non-profit organization?
xxxx

Yes

8. Is this organization an association of multiple irrigation districts or ditch companies?
xxxx

Yes

9. Do water users have input into this organization's management decisions in the following ways?
xxxx
a. Through voting on key decisions at regular meetings.................................................................
1

Yes

xxxx
b. Through representatives on an appointed board........................................................................
1

Yes

xxxx
c. Through representatives on an elected board.............................................................................
1

Yes

If through an elected board, how are users' votes allocated? (Check one.)
xxxx

On a proportional basis (e.g. one vote per share/acre/acre-foot)

One vote per user/customer/account

Other - specify:

xxxx

-4SECTION 2 – DELIVERY OF OFF-FARM WATER
1. Complete this section if your organization delivered water directly to farms or ranches in 2019.
Skip to Section 3 if your organization did NOT deliver water directly to farms or ranches in 2019.
2. Check the category that best describes your organization:
xxxx

Unincorporated mutual (an informal partnership among ditch users)

Incorporated mutual (a legal entity owned by shareholders who use a ditch system)

Irrigation district (an entity given statutory authority to assess taxes and/or fees for water delivery)

Project operated by U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs

Other - specify:

xxxx

Water Supply
3. What is the total amount of water brought into this system’s storage and conveyance
Acre-Feet
facilities in 2019? This total will be broken down by water source in items 3a and 3b below.
xxxx
This total should equal the sum of items 3a, i-v and 3b, i-iv......................................................................
=
a. Of the total amount of water brought into this system’s storage and conveyance facilities
in 2019 (item 3), how much did this organization obtain directly from each of the following
sources, either by contract, agreement, or settlement?
i.

Acre-Feet
xxxx

A federal irrigation organization or project.................................................................................................
+
xxxx

ii. A state irrigation organization or project....................................................................................................
+
xxxx

iii. A private or local irrigation organization or project....................................................................................
+
xxxx

iv. A municipal or industrial water system......................................................................................................
+
xxxx

v. Any other supplier.....................................................................................................................................
+
b. Of the total amount of water brought into this system’s storage and conveyance facilities
in 2019 (item 3), how much did this organization divert directly from each of the following
sources?
i.

Acre-Feet
xxxx

Natural streams, lakes, or ponds...............................................................................................................
+
xxxx

ii. A reservoir not reported in items 4a-4e.....................................................................................................
+
xxxx

iii. Another organization's drainage water directly entering this system.........................................................
+
xxxx

iv. Groundwater pumped from wells owned by this organization...................................................................
+
Number

(a) How many water supply wells did this organization operate
xxxx
in 2019 as a source of water conveyed to farms and ranches?......................................................................

Gallons per Minute
(GPM)
xxxx

(i) What was the total capacity of those wells?...................................

Total Capacity
(CFS)
OR

xxxx

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Acreage and Water Deliveries
Note: Please provide your best estimate if exact measurements are not available.
Number

4. How many commercial farms and ranches could have received irrigation water
xxxx
directly from this organization in 2019?..........................................................................................................
Acres

5. How many commercial agricultural acres could have received irrigation water
xxxx
directly from this organization in 2019?..........................................................................................................
Number

6. How many commercial farms and ranches actually received irrigation water
xxxx
directly from this organization in 2019?..........................................................................................................
Acres

7. How many commercial agricultural acres were irrigated in 2019
xxxx
with water delivered by this organization?......................................................................................................
Percent

8. What percentage of the commercial agricultural acreage that received irrigation water
xxxx
from your organization in 2019 also received water from other water delivery organizations?.......................

9. How much water was delivered by this organization to the following users?
Report water at the point it left the control of this organization.

Acre-Feet
xxxx

a. Commercial farms and ranches................................................................................................................
+
xxxx

b. Residential or domestic users (include small, non-commercial farms and ranches).................................
+
xxxx

c. Other irrigation organizations....................................................................................................................
+
d. Industrial plants, municipal water systems, recreational organizations (e.g. golf
xxxx
courses), public installations, etc...............................................................................................................
+
xxxx

e. Total water delivered to users....................................................................................................................
=

10. In addition to water reported in item 9, how much other water exited this organization’s
system in the following ways? (Exclude on-farm losses and crop consumptive use.)

Acre-Feet
xxxx

a. Released from the system for down-stream users............................................................................................
xxxx

b. Released to meet in-stream or environmental flow requirements.....................................................................
xxxx

c. Diverted for groundwater recharge...................................................................................................................
xxxx

d. Conveyance losses...........................................................................................................................................
xxxx

e. Other releases..................................................................................................................................................

-6Scheduling
11. Describe the (field) turnouts on your system where water is delivered to farmers:

Turnout Type

Structures/Gates Structures/Gates
Operated by
Operated by
Organization Staff
the Irrigator
(Number)
(Number)

Metered
Diversion
Structures
(Percent)

Calibrated slide gates

xxxx

Manual metergates

xxxx

Automated flow control

xxxx

Crested weir

xxxx

Pump

xxxx

Siphon tubes

xxxx

12. What rotation schedule best describes the way this organization delivers water? (Check one.)
xxxx

Fixed rotation / Modified Rotation / Unlimited rotation

Days between deliveries (use average if not a fixed rotation)

Hours of advanced notice required to schedule a delivery (if not a fixed rotation)

Other - specify:

xxxx

Days
xxxx

13. What is the average rotation length (e.g. days between deliveries) on your system?....................................

14. Does this organization require advanced notice to turn off deliveries?
xxxx

Yes

15. How flexible is this organization in adjusting the duration of deliveries? (Check one.)
xxxx

Changes in duration rarely allowed

Fixed duration (e.g. 12 or 24 hours)

Varying durations are allowed
Hours
xxxx

16. What is the average duration for deliveries (e.g. keeping turnout gates open) on your system?....................

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Water Transfers by this Organization
Acre-Feet
of Rights

17. Report the water rights for users of this organization -

Acre-Feet
of Contracts

xxxx

a. held by the organization..........................................................................................................
b. held directly by the users (farms and ranches).......................................................................

18. How much of the water reported above was transferred into this system through a water market contract and what was
the average price per acre-foot? (Exclude market transfers among users within the organization service area.)
Type of Water Transfer Contract

Total Amount of Water
(Acre-Feet)

Average Price
(Dollars per Acre-Foot)

a. One-year lease of water in 2019

xxxx

b. Multi-year lease of water active in 2019

xxxx

c. Permanent water right purchased within the last five years

xxxx

19. Report transfers of water out of your organization's water allocation.
Source of Water Transferred Prior to Entering this System

Total Amount of Water
(Acre-Feet)

Average Price
(Dollars per Acre-Foot)

a. One-year lease of water in 2019

xxxx

b. Multi-year lease of water active in 2019

xxxx

c. Permanent water right purchased within the last five years

xxxx

20. If water rights were not purchased or sold, indicate the reasons why. (Check all that apply.)
xxxx

Water rights transfers into or within our region are not allowed

xxxx

Water rights transfers out of our region are not allowed

xxxx

Available water rights are too expensive to purchase

xxxx

Buyers of water rights are not willing to pay enough to offset or entice a sale

xxxx

Water supplies (across surface and groundwater sources) were generally sufficient in 2019

xxxx

Other - specify:

xxxx

Water Allocation Within Your System
21. Are users able to transfer water or trade allocations within your system?
xxxx

Yes – Continue

No – Go to item 22

Number
xxxx

a. How many trades occurred in 2019?..............................................................................................................
Acre-Feet
xxxx

b. What was the total amount of water traded within this system in 2019?.........................................................
Dollars
per Acre-Foot
xxxx

c. What was the average price per trade?..........................................................................................................

-8Storage and Conveyance Facilities
22. How many reservoirs did this organization operate in 2019 and what was their total capacity?
Type

Total Capacity
(Acre-Feet)

Number

Storage reservoirs
Regulating or return flow reservoirs

xxxx

23. Report the details of your three largest reservoirs below.
Complete these columns if NID ID number is not provided.

Reservoir
Number

Total Filled Capacity

National Inventory of Dams
(NID) ID Number1

xxxx

__ __ __ __ __ __ __
__ __ __ __ __ __ __
__ __ __ __ __ __ __

Total Withdrawals
for Irrigation in 2019
(Acre-Feet)

(Acre-Feet)
xxxx

xxxx

1 This

is a seven character code consisting of a two letter state code followed by five digits, including leading zeros.
(e.g. AK00311)

24. Report the number of pumps used by this organization to deliver water in 2019.
Average Capacity
Type

Number

a. Used on water supply wells
b. Used for diversion from streams,
reservoirs, lakes or ponds
c. Other pumps (e.g. relift within system)

Gallons per
Minute (GPM)

xxxx

Total Capacity

OR
OR
OR
OR

Average
Vertical Lift
(Feet)

(CFS)
xxxx

xxxx

Percent of Water
Diverted
xxxx

25. What are the estimated conveyance losses within this organization's delivery system?................................

26. How does this organization estimate conveyance losses? (Check one.)
xxxx

Measurement at multiple points within the system

Modeling or estimation

Average loss coefficient

Other - specify:

xxxx

-927. Report the off-farm water conveyance facilities that were used to deliver water or drainage flows in 2019.

Type

Total Length

Length of High-Volume
Facilities (>50 CFS)

(Miles)

a. Unlined main canals

xxxx

b. Lined main canals

xxxx

c. Main pipelines

xxxx

d. Unlined lateral canals or ditches

xxxx

e. Lined lateral canals or ditches

xxxx

f. Lateral pipelines

xxxx

g. Drains maintained

xxxx

h. Tunnels

xxxx

28. For unlined canals, report the reason(s) for keeping canals unlined. Report miles for all that are applicable. (Check all
that apply.)
xxxx

xxxx

Lining is too expensive:

xxxx

Water loss is limited due to soils and geology:

xxxx

Canals may provide groundwater recharge:

xxxx

Other - specify:

xxxx

_________ Miles
xxxx

xxxx

_________ Miles

_________ Miles
:

xxxx _____________

Miles

System Constraints
29. Under normal water supply conditions, what percentage of time can the organization’s water delivery system provide the
flow volume and rate requested by irrigators during peak-flow water demand? (Check one.)
xxxx

100 percent

80 to less than 100 percent

Less than 80 percent
Level of Significance

30. Under normal water supply conditions, what components of the organization's water delivery
system are constraining on meeting peak-flow water demands of users? Rate the significance
of each of the following components.

1 = Significant
2 = Moderate
3 = Minimal
4 = Not constraining
5 = Not applicable
xxxx

a. Diversion (or regulating) reservoir capacity.................................................................................................
xxxx

b. Conveyance canal capacity (CFS)..............................................................................................................
xxxx

c. Turnout technology.....................................................................................................................................
xxxx

d. Water allocation rules.................................................................................................................................
xxxx

e. Energy or peak-load management in reservoir operations.........................................................................
f.

xxxx

Supply constraints due to environmental flow, lake elevation, or flood control requirements..................

- 10 SECTION 3 – ON-FARM GROUNDWATER
1. If this organization directly influenced groundwater use by farms or ranches in 2019
(if any part of Section 1, item 3 was answered "Yes"), continue. If not, go to Section 4.
Number of Farms
and Ranches

Number of
Accounts

2. How many farms and ranches, or accounts, in your service area pumped
xxxx
groundwater from their own wells for irrigation in 2019?.............................................

xxxx

Number
xxxx
3. How many active irrigation wells were in your service area in 2019?
(Include only on-farm wells, not district managed well fields.)........................................................................

Acres
xxxx

4. How many total acres were irrigated in 2019 from the wells in item 3?..........................................................
Number
xxxx

5. How many irrigation wells in your service area have been capped or deactivated prior to 2019?
(Include only on-farm wells, not district managed well fields.)........................................................................
6. Is on-farm access to groundwater legally restricted or regulated in your service area?
xxxx

Yes

7. In 2019 was on-farm groundwater pumping in your area restricted
due to interactions with stream flow or surface water levels?
xxxx

Yes

8. Did groundwater users in your service area transfer pumped water between fields in 2019?
xxxx

Yes

9. Are users allowed to transfer groundwater withdrawal rights across years?
xxxx

Yes

10. Did this organization manage groundwater storage in 2019? Report intentionally managed recharge.
Do not include recharge from normal on-farm irrigation.
xxxx

Yes – Continue

No – Go to Section 4

11. What is the number of recharge sites managed by this organization and
the total amount of water intentionally recharged in 2019?
Number

Acre-Feet

Percent
Recoverable

xxxx

a. Recharge basins.....................................................................................................................
b. Injection wells..........................................................................................................................
c. Other methods (e.g. on-field spreading).................................................................................

- 11 SECTION 4 – MEASUREMENT OF WATER
Metering and Reporting of Delivered or Pumped Water
1. In 2019 did this organization use the following methods to calculate
the amount of water used by farmers and ranchers for irrigation?
xxxx 1
a. Metering: Direct metering of head gates, pumps, or wells................................................................

Yes

xxxx 1
b. Time of use: Estimation based on time of operation and flow calculation.........................................

Yes

xxxx 1
c. Self-reporting: Farmers and ranchers report how much water they use...........................................

Yes

xxxx 1
d. Other methods (include evapotranspiration (ET) calculations) - specify: XXXX ________________

Yes

2. Is this organization required to report a summary of the amount of water
used for irrigation to any of the following partners or authorities? (Check all that apply.)
xxxx

Users or shareholders in annual reports

xxxx

Water project managers (state or federal suppliers of water)

xxxx

Regulatory authority (e.g. state engineer, state department
of water resources, or regional district)
Other - specify:

xxxx

Frequency of Measurement
1 = Continuous (during all operations)
2 = Daily
3 = Weekly
4 = Monthly
5 = Other
6 = Not measured or estimated in 2019

xxxx

3. In 2019 what was the typical frequency of measurement or estimation
of water quantities at each point within your organization's system?

xxxx

a. At entry to the system.............................................................................................................
xxxx

b. At points between entry to the system and before delivery to irrigators..................................
xxxx

c. At delivery to irrigators (e.g. turnouts).....................................................................................
xxxx

d. At exit or release from this organization’s system...................................................................
4. Does this organization use remote operation and monitoring (e.g. SCADA)
to control movement of water at any point in the system?
xxxx

Yes

5. Which of the following sources of water supply and demand data did this operation use
during 2019 and how useful were they?
Level of Usefulness to
this Organization's Decisions
Type of Information

1 = Critical
2 = Somewhat useful
3 = Not used

Snowpack monitoring (e.g. USDA SNOTEL)

xxxx

Streamflow monitoring (e.g. USGS network)

xxxx

Weekly Drought Monitor

xxxx

Daily weather reports

xxxx

Evapotranspiration (ET) estimates

xxxx

Private sector data products

xxxx

Groundwater monitoring wells

xxxx

- 12 SECTION 5 – DROUGHT PLANNING AND RESPONSE
1. Over the last twenty years, for surface water and/or ground water,
in how many years did this organization experience:

Surface Water

Ground Water

(Number of Years)

xxxx

a. severe water curtailment (more than 25% below average water use)?.........................................
b. moderate water curtailment (10 to 25% below average water use)?.............................................
c. neither water curtailment nor abundance (within 10% of average water use)?..............................
d. moderate abundance of water (10 to 25% above average water use)?.........................................
e. extreme abundance of water (more than 25% above average water use)?...................................
f.

an unknown trend in water supply?........................................................................................
Total = 20 years

Total = 20 years

2. When water shortfalls or curtailments occur, how does this organization manage water deliveries? (Check one.)
xxxx

Amount of water delivered for each diversion is reduced proportionately through reduced diversion time
(hours) or flow rate for all users

Time interval (number of days) increases between deliveries for all users

Deliveries temporarily halted or postponed for all users

Deliveries limited to junior rights holders while maintaining deliveries to senior rights holders as allowed

3. Does this organization have a formal drought plan that defines how to operate contingent on drought conditions?
xxxx

Yes – Continue

No – Go to item 4

a. Does this organization have a formal drought plan that includes any of the following?
xxxx
Yes
Drought-triggered restrictions on water application or withdrawal rates......................................
1

xxxx
Yes
ii. Cropland fallowing.......................................................................................................................
1

xxxx
Yes
iii. Increased water prices................................................................................................................
1

xxxx
Yes
iv. Water banking, increased storage or reduced use during normal years.....................................
1

xxxx
Yes
v. Acquisition of other water supply................................................................................................
1

4. Did any individual farmers engage in groundwater recharge (e.g. intentional excess on-field water application) during
2019 in order to increase groundwater availability in future years?
xxxx

Yes

5. Are users within this organization’s area able to increase groundwater withdrawals during drought?
xxxx

Yes

- 13 6. Which of the following external sources of data is this operation using to make long-run decisions beyond 2019?
Level of Usefulness to
this Organization's Decisions

Type of Information

1 = Critical
2 = Somewhat useful
3 = Not used

Three-month or longer weather forecasts

xxxx

Climate simulation models or regional climate reports

xxxx

USGS or other groundwater models

xxxx

Groundwater monitoring and trend analysis

xxxx

Reservoir storage reports

xxxx

- 14 SECTION 6 – WATER CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
1. Using its own funds, in the last five years did this organization make
the following types of investments to conserve water?
xxxx
a. Diversion/regulating reservoirs....................................................................................................
1

Yes

xxxx
b. Canal lining and/or piping upgrades............................................................................................
1

Yes

xxxx
c. Flow rate and volume measurement...........................................................................................
1

Yes

d. Providing financial cost-share or loan programs to farms or ranches to make capital
xxxx
improvements..............................................................................................................................
1

Yes

xxxx
e. Land fallowing compensation......................................................................................................
1

Yes

xxxx
a. Crop and pasture yield increase (productivity)............................................................................
1

Yes

xxxx
b. Irrigation water supply variability and production risk..................................................................
1

Yes

xxxx
c. Future surface water-supply scarcity...........................................................................................
1

Yes

xxxx
d. Future groundwater availability, groundwater recharge...............................................................
1

Yes

xxxx
e. Drainage or recharge impacts on water quality...........................................................................
1

Yes

xxxx
Wildlife benefits, instream flows, and legal return flow requirements...........................................
1

Yes

Other - specify:

XXXX

xxxx
_________________________________________________________
1

2. If you answered "Yes" to any of the questions in items a-f, were the
conservation investments done for any of the following reasons?

g. Other - specify:

XXXX

xxxx
_________________________________________________________
1

3. Does this organization have a problem with vegetation along canals and ditches
(e.g. phreatophytes such as salt cedar, Russian olive, or willow)?
xxxx

Yes

Not Applicable

4. Does this organization have a problem with sediment accumulation,
ditch stabilization, or leaks due to porous substrate material?
xxxx

Yes

Not Applicable

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5. How many acres of land were short-run fallowed or long-run converted
to dry land by your organization under the program types listed below?

Acres
xxxx

a. Fallowed but not compensated for.................................................................................................................
xxxx

b. Fallowed and compensated for by this organization......................................................................................
xxxx

c. Fallowed and compensated for by another organization...............................................................................
xxxx

d. Ditch company share or water right buyouts..................................................................................................
xxxx

e. Well decommissioning...................................................................................................................................

6. Are any of these groundwater overdraft issues a concern in your service area?
xxxx
Yes
a. Abandoned wells.........................................................................................................................
1
3

xxxx
Yes
b. Land subsidence.........................................................................................................................
1
3

xxxx
Yes
c. Water quality................................................................................................................................
1
3

xxxx
Yes
d. Declining well capacity (lower well yields)...................................................................................
1
3

xxxx
Yes
e. Stream interaction or base flow effects........................................................................................
1
3

xxxx
Yes
_________________________________________________________
1
3

Other - specify:

XXXX

7. Is your organization concerned with the following water quality measures?
Water Coming In

Water Going Out

Groundwater

1 ☐ Yes
3 ☐ No
1 ☐ Yes
3 ☐ No
a. Salinity....................................................................................................................................

☐

Yes

☐

1 ☐ Yes
3 ☐ No
1 ☐ Yes
3 ☐ No
b. Sediment.................................................................................................................................

☐

Yes

☐

1 ☐ Yes
3 ☐ No
1 ☐ Yes
3 ☐ No
c. Nitrates...................................................................................................................................

☐

Yes

☐

1 ☐ Yes
3 ☐ No
1 ☐ Yes
3 ☐ No
d. Other nutrients........................................................................................................................

☐

Yes

☐

1 ☐ Yes
3 ☐ No
1 ☐ Yes
3 ☐ No
e. Pathogens...............................................................................................................................

☐

Yes

☐

1 ☐ Yes
3 ☐ No
1 ☐ Yes
3 ☐ No
Heavy metals..........................................................................................................................

☐

Yes

☐

xxxx
xxxx
xxxx
xxxx
xxxx

xxxx

xxxx
xxxx
xxxx
xxxx
xxxx
xxxx

- 16 SECTION 7 – ASSETS, LIABILITIES, AND INVESTMENT
1. Does this organization produce annual financial statements for members or shareholders?
xxxx

Yes – Continue

No – Go to item 2

a. Are these financial statements regularly audited?
xxxx

Yes

2. What are the total assets of this organization?

Dollars
xxxx

a. Financial reserves...........................................................................................................................................
xxxx

b. Capital infrastructure and facilities..................................................................................................................
xxxx

c. Land and buildings..........................................................................................................................................
xxxx

d. Other...............................................................................................................................................................

Dollars
3. What were the total liabilities of this organization chargeable to irrigation and drainage
as of December 31, 2019? Include outstanding bonds, notes, repayment contracts,
xxxx
drought emergency loans, and construction obligations. Exclude current liabilities........................................
xxxx

a. How much of this amount was obligated to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation?...............................................

Report any investments by this organization over the past five years (2015 - 2019) for the construction of additional
facilities, purchases of added equipment, or improvements in facilities or equipment for irrigation and drainage.
Number of
Projects

Type

Total Cost
(Dollars)

Percent
Financed

Improvements to Existing Conveyance infrastructure

xxxx

Storage infrastructure

xxxx

Other infrastructure

xxxx

Conveyance infrastructure

xxxx

Storage infrastructure

xxxx

Other infrastructure

xxxx

New investment in -

- 17 SECTION 8 – REVENUE AND PRICE STRUCTURE
Dollars
1. What was the total operating revenue for this organization in 2019? This total will
be broken down by revenue source in items 1a-1g below. This total should equal
xxxx
the sum of items 1a-1g...................................................................................................................................
Dollars

a. How much of the total operating revenue (item 1) was derived from volumetric
xxxx
(per acre-foot) price for irrigation water delivered to agricultural users?.........................................................
Dollars per Acre-Foot

xxxx

What was the average price for delivery of each acre-foot of water in 2019?................................................. .__ __

ii. Within your system, does the volumetric price vary in any of the following ways?
xxxx
Yes
(a) Varies by land class (e.g. water right seniority, soil type, location in system)..............................
1

xxxx
Yes
(b) Varies by crop choice..................................................................................................................
1

xxxx
Yes
(c) Varies over time during the season.............................................................................................
1

xxxx
Yes
(d) Increases with the quantity of water delivered (e.g. increasing block rate).................................
1

xxxx
Yes
(e) Decreases with the quantity of water delivered (e.g. decreasing block rate)...............................
1

Dollars

b. How much of the total operating revenue (item 1)
xxxx
was derived from groundwater pumping fees?...............................................................................................
Dollars per Acre-Foot

xxxx

What was the groundwater pumping fee per acre-foot?................................................................................. .__ __
Dollars

c. How much of the total operating revenue (item 1)
xxxx
was derived from assessments or taxes?.......................................................................................................
Dollars per Acre

xxxx

What was the average per acre assessment or tax in 2019?......................................................................... .__ __

ii. The assessment xxxx
Yes
(a) varies by land class (e.g. water right seniority, soil type, location in system)..............................
1

xxxx
Yes
(b) varies by crop choice..................................................................................................................
1

Dollars

d. How much of the total operating revenue (item 1)
xxxx
was derived from water delivered to non-agricultural users?..........................................................................
e. How much of the total operating revenue (item 1)
xxxx
was derived from water delivered to other irrigation organizations?...............................................................
f.

How much of the total operating revenue (item 1)
xxxx
was derived from electricity sales from hydropower?.....................................................................................

g. How much of the total operating revenue (item 1)
xxxx
was derived from other sources?....................................................................................................................

- 18 Dollars

2. What amount of any non-irrigation revenue was credited back to irrigation users (e.g. dividends from
xxxx
electricity sales based on company shares)? Enter zero if there were no credits to irrigation users..............

3. Were any of the fees in 2019 (on the previous page) higher than prior years for any of the following reasons?
xxxx
a. A capital improvement.................................................................................................................
1

Yes

xxxx
b. Drought.......................................................................................................................................
1

Yes

xxxx
c. Other one-time organizational expense......................................................................................
1

Yes

- 19 SECTION 9 – COST OF OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Dollars
xxxx

1. What were the total expenditures for this organization in 2019?

Percent
xxxx

2. What percentage of the total expenditures were related to irrigation in 2019?...............................................
3. How much was spent by this organization in 2019 for water purchased through contracts or markets?
Number of
Contracts or
Trades

Source of Water

Contracted water from federal water projects
Additional deliveries from federal water projects
Contracted from state water or local projects
Non-contracted from state or local water projects
Spot markets or leases for water deliveries

Total Water

Total Cost

(Acre-Feet)

(Dollars)

xxxx

4. What were the total annual energy expenditures for this organization's irrigation activities in 2019?
Fuel Source

Electricity
Natural gas
Diesel oil
Other source

Total Expense

Pumping
Expense

(Dollars)

(Percent)

xxxx

5. What was the total amount spent on salaries and benefits for the irrigation operation in 2019?
Number of
Full-Time
Employees

Number of
Part-Time
Employees

Total Salary Costs

Total Benefit Costs

(Dollars)

xxxx

Field staff (e.g. ditch riders,
maintenance crews)

xxxx

Outside staff (e.g.
consultants)

xxxx

Organization and office staff

Uncompensated labor

- 20 Dollars
xxxx

6. What was the total amount spent on liability insurance for this organization in 2019?....................................
Dollars

7. What was the total amount spent on operation, maintenance, and repair of irrigation
xxxx
facilities, not including the water, energy, and labor costs listed above?........................................................
Dollars
xxxx

8. What was the total expenditure on debt payments in 2019?..........................................................................
Percent
xxxx

a. What percentage of these payments were for interest?..................................................................................
Dollars
xxxx

9. What was the total expenditure on taxes in 2019?.........................................................................................
xxxx

10. What was the total expenditure for any treatment of irrigation water prior to delivery?...................................
11. What was the total expenditure for any treatment of irrigation return flows prior to
xxxx
discharge or final release from the system?...................................................................................................

SECTION 10 – CONCLUSION
1. Please describe, beyond the questions asked earlier in this survey, any major constraints on your organization's
operations or on water use by the farms and ranches served by your organization:

2. Please describe, beyond the questions asked earlier in this survey, any management tools or programs that your
organization relies on to engage in water conservation or drought preparedness:

3. Please provide any other information or notes about your organization that you feel are relevant to this survey:

OFFICE USE ONLY
Response
1-Comp
9901
2-R
3-Inac
4-Office Hold
5-R – Est
6-Inac – Est
7-Off Hold – Est
S/E Name

Respondent
1-Op/Mgr
2-Sp
3-Acct/Bkpr
4-Partner
9-Oth

9902

Mode
1-PASI (Mail)
2-PATI (Tel)
3-PAPI (Face-toFace)
6-Email
7-Fax
19-Other

Enum.
9903

9998

Eval.
9900

R. Unit Change
t
9985
9989

Office Use for POID

9921

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Optional Use
9907

9908

9906

9916

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