Sherman Street Road Closure Due to Pipe Installation
KID will be performing a pipe installation project across South Sherman Street at the intersection of West Hildebrand Boulevard in Kennewick. Temporary road closures will occur daily. Roads will reopen each evening. Closures are expected August 8th through August 12th. Updates to this information can be found here, on the District’s website, news center and our […]
Service Outage Due to Valve Repair on Edison Street Line
For our customers served off of the low-lift canal and Edison Street service areas, the service outage you are experiencing is due to the replacement of a damaged valve. KID anticipates that service will be restored by the early morning of July 28, 2016. Customers are encouraged to access the District website Water Outage map for outage […]
Service Interruption Planned for Edison Street
The Kennewick Irrigation District (KID) would like to let our customers know that a temporary service outage is scheduled to occur on Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at approximately 4 a.m. and continue throughout the duration of the day and evening. This event will allow KID, Granite Construction and the City of Kennewick to continue project […]
Water Supply Improves for KID
The July water supply forecast for the 2016 water season was delivered to irrigators this morning, during the monthly river operations meeting. The United States Bureau of Reclamation provided Yakima Basin irrigators with an updated water supply forecast projecting that proratable irrigators, including KID, would receive 90% of their allotment. This is an increase from […]
Update on Service to KID Customers after Canal Break
The Kennewick Irrigation District would like to inform our customers and our community that the Highland Feeder canal break has been repaired. Service has already been restored to areas directly off the Highland Feeder and KID estimates that all service areas that were interrupted, due to the break, will be restored by mid-morning, Friday, June […]
Canal Break Results in Service Interruption for KID Customers
The Kennewick Irrigation District would like to inform our customers and our community that last night around 8 p.m. a break in the KID Highlander Feeder canal, near the vicinity of Tenth Avenue and Columbia Center Boulevard, occurred. The break has been contained, but water service has been turned off until repairs can be completed. […]
Kennewick Irrigation District Water Supply Projected to Remain unchanged
This morning, during the monthly river operations meeting, the United States Bureau of Reclamation provided Yakima Basin irrigators with an updated water supply forecast. The proratable irrigators, including KID, are projected to have 86% of their total water allotment. At this time KID will not be implementing a watering schedule. However, water supply is dependent […]
KID Program Helps Provide Relief to Homeowners
The Kennewick Irrigation District is excited to report that through our Helping Hands program, over $18,000 has been distributed this year to help 68 families avoid foreclosure due to an inability to pay irrigation assessments. The Helping Hands program is funded by 30% of penalty charges for late payments collected by KID and through the […]
KID and the City of Kennewick to Hold Neighborhood Meeting
The Kennewick Irrigation District (KID) and the City of Kennewick will hold a neighborhood meeting to discuss the future of the Elliott Lake Water System on Thursday, May 26, 2016. The meeting will be held at Washington Elementary School, located at 105 West 21st Avenue in Kennewick. The meeting is scheduled from 5:30 to 6:30 […]
Kennewick Irrigation District Curtailed to 85% of Water Allotment
This morning the United States Bureau of Reclamation announced that due to warm temperatures and lack of precipitation water users with proratable water rights, including the Kennewick Irrigation District (KID) would be prorationed to 85% of their total water allotment. KID will not be implementing water restrictions at this time. Total water supply available numbers […]