TID, your community-owned utility, has worked hard to provide some of the lowest irrigation rates in our region and throughout the state. As a result, TID irrigation customers have not experienced a rate increase since 2015. Given the increased costs to provide reliable irrigation water, increased maintenance of aging infrastructure, and the increased customer demands on our system, it is necessary for TID to take a hard look at the changing cost of providing reliable irrigation water.
Included in rate evaluation are factors that impact our ability to maintain our current level of reliability, carry out needed capital improvement projects to update aging infrastructure, add new infrastructure to accommodate changing hydrology and water supply availability.
TID customers benefit from the District owning and operating a widespread irrigation system. Improvements that fortify and modify our existing infrastructure are required to preserve the integrity of our system, maintain our strong record of reliability, and improve water efficiency.
TID serves 150,000 acres of irrigated land across a 307 square-mile service area. Some of TID’s more than 250 miles of gravity-fed canals are nearly 130 years old, and significant improvements and maintenance is needed on this aging infrastructure.
To learn more about how these important TID projects will affect future TID irrigation water rates, we encourage you to attend or tune in to the following public workshop.
The workshop will be held at 333 E. Canal Drive, Turlock or www.TID.org/BoardMeetings.
TID irrigation customers have not experienced a rate increase since 2015.
The TID Board of Directors is hosting a Public Workshop on November 5, 2024 at 9 a.m. Customers can attend the meeting in-person at 333 E. Canal Drive, Turlock or watch online at www.TID.org/BoardMeetings.
The Normal and Dry Year Irrigation Rate Schedules are available at www.tid.org/irrigation/irrigation-rates.
The current Irrigation Rate Schedule includes a schedule for both normal and dry years. Each schedule includes a fixed charge per acre plus water charges. Prior to each irrigation season, the Board will analyze several variables and determine whether to use the normal year or dry year rates.