A subdivision policy for an urbanizing irrigation district
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2008-05
Authors
Knell, Steven R., author
U.S. Committee on Irrigation and Drainage, publisher
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Abstract
An ever increasing challenge for rural irrigation districts in the agriculturally rich San Joaquin Valley of California is adjusting to urbanization while maintaining an effective and efficient irrigation water delivery system. The Oakdale Irrigation District (OID) is currently facing this challenge and has developed a Subdivision/Parcel Map Development Policy that attempts to bring balance to that concern. This paper will present OID's Subdivision Policy and discuss the reasoning behind the conditions and requirements within the policy. It is the intent of this paper to provide other irrigation districts, facing similar urbanization pressures, a foundation for development of similar policies in the hopes of preserving and protecting the water delivery systems so vital to our agricultural communities.
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Presented at Urbanization of irrigated land and water transfers: a USCID water management conference on May 28-31, 2008 in Scottsdale, Arizona.