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The Imperial Irrigation District (IID) held a formal ceremony earlier this month to dedicate its newest water conservation and operational reservoir after longtime Division 3 Director Lloyd Allen.
The new reservoir, located east of Calipatria, has a storage capacity of 40 acre-feet. In addition, the operational reservoir aids the district’s On-Farm Efficiency Conservation Program by providing improved water delivery service and flexibility to growers and IID water delivery staff in the valley’s North end.
Allen served on the IID Board of Directors for five terms. During his tenure, he provided direction on numerous negotiations, resulting in agreements like the 1988 water conservation pact with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the 2003 Quantification Settlement Agreement and the IID/San Diego County Water Authority transfer program.
The new operational reservoir is the first mid-lateral canal reservoir constructed through IID’s System Conservation Program. It is the district’s 11th operational reservoir.
Allen also represented IID on the California Farm Water Coalition, Association of California Water Agencies, Colorado River Water Users Association and the National Water Resources Association. As IID’s member of the Colorado River Board of California, Allen worked diligently to protect the state’s interests as the board’s Chairman and Colorado River Commissioner for California.
A longtime Calipatria resident, Allen served seven years on the City Council, was a businessman, farmer and community leader. He passed in May 2006.
