The practice for many years of the Wenatchee Reclamation District (WRD) is to shut off the canal system water that originates in Dryden, Washington sometime around the 10th of October. For 2023, the turn-off will be on October 13, 2023 per the WRD. It takes less than a full day for the canal to evacuate…
The system is up and running with no known problems as of 7/21/23. The irrigation water quality has improved considerably since mid June. Ben and I have been cleaning the filters two and three times a week during the last of May and into June but beginning about July 1st, the need to clean filter…
Sometime during the night on 5/19/23 to 5/20/23, The irrigation system sprang a major leak or blowout near the hydrant at 1606 Anne. As a result, the entire lateral was shut off. If you live on Anne (West side) or Sunset Hwy (East side) from addresses 1601 to 1699 or 1600 to 1700, you will…
On 4/23/23 a problem was encountered with the lateral valve feeding houses on Aurora (West side) and Anne (East side) from addresses 1600 to 1700. The problem is the lateral’s 3-inch gate valve started to leak from the valve body not the valve stem. The leaking problem is not able to be fixed without digging…
We are haveing problems with the main valve for the South Lateral between Aurora and Anne. If you live within addresses 1600 to 1700 on the West side Aurora and on the East side of Anne, your water may be off for a few days until we get it fixed. If we have to replace…
The Wenatchee Reclamation District (WRD) begins filling their canal system on April 10, 2023. It takes a day or two for the water to travel from the Wenatchee River at Dryden, to and through Wenatchee, across the foot bridge into East Wenatchee, then finally to dump into the WRD’s canal here in East Wenatchee under the…
The practice for many years of the Wenatchee Reclamation District is to turn off water into the canal system that originates in Dryden, Washington sometime around the 10th of October. For 2022, the turn-off will be on October 7, 2021. It takes less than a full day for the canal to evacuate to the point…
Water usage is still being tracked every week by Hank. Check out the latest uploaded pages here or click on the menu item labelled: ‘Latest Water Use Charts for 2022’.
The Wenatchee Reclamation District (WRD) begins filling their canal system on April 4, 2022. It takes a day or two for the water to travel from the Wenatchee River at Dryden, to and through Wenatchee, across the foot bridge into East Wenatchee, then finally to dump into the WRD’s canal here in East Wenatchee under the…
The practice for many years of the Wenatchee Reclamation District is to turn off water into the canal system that originates in Dryden, Washington sometime around the 10th of October. For 2021, the turn-off will be on October 8, 2021. It takes less than a full day for the canal to evacuate to the point…
