Dockstader to represent IID on CFWC
IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - Water usage here in the Imperial Valley is always a hot-button issue.
With the record-breaking drought continuing to plague the Colorado River. Leaders here at the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) are searching for solutions to conserve what is left.
Newly elected IID Director Gina Dockstader was recently appointed to the California Farm Water Coalition (CFWC).
She says her experience and knowledge of the area will help her work on this coalition.
“I feel like that’s kinda my role to play," said Dockstader. "Just with my connections to agriculture and farming.”
CFWC is designed to increase the public's awareness of agriculture’s use of water as well as to serve as the voice for agricultural water users.
Dockstader says the current usage rate from the Colorado River is troubling.
“The river has been over-prescribed," said Dockstader. "So that essentially means people are taking more water from the river than the river can actually provide.”
Imperial Valley is allocated 3.1 million acre-feet from the Colorado River. They used nearly all of their allocated water for 2022.
Former IID Director Norma Galindo hopes that through this coalition, water remains readily available for everyone in the Imperial Valley.
"I expect that this board is going to fight to make sure that the water remains a property of the people," said Galindo.
Dockstader says she's optimistic about her role within the coalition saying it is our job to ensure that all residents of the Imperial Valley have access to safe and clean water.
