2023 Blaine County Canal Company Pipeline - RCPP in Idaho

Project Information 

Lead Partner: Butte Soil and Water Conservation District

Supporting Partners: Blaine County Canal Company, Rocky Mountain Power, Butte County Road and Bridge Department

Lead State: ID

Primary Resource Concern: Source water depletion

Total Funding Request: $2,439,024.00

Project Summary

Currently, an open canal system conveys water across private lands to places of use on private farmlands. The Blaine County Canal Company Pipeline, in collaboration with multiple partners: Trout Unlimited, NRCS, Butte SWCD, Butte County Road and Bridge, and Rocky Mountain Power. BCCC will convert this 61,000 ft of open canal into a closed pipeline. By reducing infiltration and evaporation, reduced diversion rates from the Little Lost River (LLR) will benefit aquatic organism and maintain aquatic habitat integrity in the LLR while improving water quality. It will also serve as a local example of the irrigation pipeline conservation practice and collaborative conservation planning and implementation.