PROJ00001

• Contract/PO #: C153168
• Contractor Name: Delta, City of
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 40
• County: Delta
• Bill Number: SB 77-35
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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the City
for this
The City
irrigation

has asked for and received an alternate point of diversion
right at the City's headgate on Dirty George Creek.
has also received a change of character of use from
to irrigation, domestic, and municipal purposes.

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The Oak Valley Ditch has an absolute decree for 1.25 c.f.s.
and the Oak Valley Ditch first enlargement absolute decree for
0.65 c.f.s. from Oak Creek. These water rights were acquired by the
City in 1964 with the purchase of the Carl White Ranch and are for
irrigation purposes.

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The recent Court Case No. W-1691 gave the City of Delta
a change in character of use from irrigation to irrigation, domestic,
and municipal purposes at an alternate point of diversion at the
proposed Oak Creek Pipeline intake. In this same case the Court
declared that a previous conditional decree for 2.75 c.f.s. in the Oak
Valley Ditch was abandoned. The Oak Creek Pipeline is to be construc-
ted in the coming summer of 1975. When installed, the City will have
the legal right to divert into the pipeline up to 0.31 c.f.s. under
the Oak Valley Ditch priority and up to 0.16 c.f.s. under the
enlargement priority for municipal, domestic, and irrigation use.

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The Teachout Ditch carries an absolute water right for 3.30
c.f.s. from Oak Creek for irrigation use under an early priority. The
rights for this water were obtained with purchase of the White Ranch
in 1964. However, since the original headgate has been washed out for
over 20 years, the water has for some time been picked up at other
locations for use on the ranch. Recently the City was granted an
alternate point of diversion under this water right at the proposed
Oak Creek Pipeline and a change in character of use to include
irrigation, domestic, and municipal purposes. To provide for any
adverse affect the City will be limited to the right to divert only 25
percent of the original decree, or up to 0.825 c.f.s., at the
alternate point during the irrigation season.

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The Oak Creek No. 2 Ditch has an absolute decree for 2.425
c.f.s. from Oak Creek for irrigation purposes. The decree was
also purchased with the White Ranch in 1964. The City has been
granted an alternate point of diversion at the proposed Oak Creek
Pipeline and a change in character of use to include domestic,
municipal, and irrigation purposes. Only 25 percent of the original
decree, or up to 0.61 c.f.s., may be legally diverted at the alternate
point during the irrigation season.

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Louck's Ditch has an absolute decree for 0.5375 c.f.s. from Oak
Creek and is used to irrigate a portion of the lower areas on the
former Carl White Ranch now owned by the City of Delta. No change in
use or alternate point of diversion for this water right has been
filed for by the City.

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