MAIN CANAL ON APRIL 15th - OCTOBER 15th
WATER AT THE MAIN CANAL WILL TENTATIVELY BE TURNED ON
APRIL 15th 2025
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PLEASE DO NOT DUMP DEBRI OF ANY TYPE IN THE CANAL! (LAWN CLIPPINGS< TREE BRANCHES<TREES<MATTRESSES< BBQS<TRASH<ANIMALS<DIRT<SNOW - THIS CAN CAUSE A MAJOR ISSUE IF UNSEEN!
TREES & VEGITATION – Each lateral and the Main Canal has a right of way on each side. BBWA ONLY REMOVES TREES THAT INTERFERE WITH OPERATION OF THE WATER. The right of way per code is the responsibility of the adjacent property owner so regardless of how it was defined; it would fall under the same code section (below).
Sec. 25-204. - Responsibility for trees and vegetative care.
In addition to caring for trees and vegetative growth on owned property, the person in control of the property is charged with care, maintenance and full responsibility for trees and all vegetative growth on adjacent streets, alleys, boulevards and public ways; provided, that to maintain rights-of-way, clear vision zones and unobstructed view, traffic-control signs and devices, the city may in its discretion prune and remove trees and other vegetative growth.
Water orders can be made from 7am -7pm - please do not bother them after or before this time unless it is an emergency. Thank you. Please remember our policy indicating any shareholder who uses abusive language or action towards any BBWA employee will lose water for 5 days. This includes online as well. Here’s to a great season!!
Kristina - 406-259-6241 OFFICE M-Th 8:30-3 F 8-2
ALLAN - 406-850-1606 SUPERINTENDENT
DITCHRIDERS
(water orders taken 7a -7pm ONLY)
Laurel-Tunnel - Gary 406-850-1607
Heights - Jon 406-850-1608
Division 3 - Garrett 406-850-1609
Division 4 (tail) - NOW HIRING 406-850-1610
Maintenance - Rob
General Labor - Jayson
70-17-112. Interference with canal or ditch easements prohibited. (1) A person with a canal or ditch easement has a secondary easement to enter, inspect, repair, and maintain a canal or ditch or to operate the appropriation works.
POINT OF DELIVERY
The By-laws refer to the Point of Delivery. The basic concept is that it is the Association’s responsibility to provide the Stockholder’s Share of water to the “Original Point of Delivery”. It then is the Stockholder’s responsibility to use the water for the intended purpose including maintaining and controlling appurtenances and guide the excess water to suitable natural drains, drain ditches or back into the company system, whichever is the most practical. The stockholder is prohibited from allowing waste to run off on Contiguous land, nor to spread out in the low places or in any manner to run to unnecessary waste.
The Point of Delivery is under BBWA’s absolute control. The control structure may be opened, closed or adjusted by BBWA and may be locked by BBWA in any position allowed by our By-Laws and this Policy Statement.
The Original Point of Delivery is defined in the by-laws as the point on the main canal or a company maintained branch or lateral thereof, as the Directors may deem most practical for the irrigation of the lands belonging to the stockholder. It has generally been accepted that this was the high point of a 40 acre or larger tract of land, on which there are 40 shares or more in good standing with the Company. If at any time there are less than 40 shares, the Company will no longer be obligated to maintain that ditch; it then becomes landowner’s responsibility. (Clarified by the Board of Directors on 4/28/2015)
HEADGATE: BBWA will install and maintain established head gates serving users off the main canal and company laterals to original point of delivery, and the responsibility of the Association will cease at that point. If a Stockholder wishes additional turnouts or wishes to relocate the established turnout, the request must be considered by the Board and if the board approves, will be completed at the cost of the Stockholder.
The association shall not be required to build or maintain any delivery box or other equipment for the delivery of water by pumping or other means than a gravity flow, from the established elevation of aforesaid box.
The purchaser shall without expense to the Company, construct necessary ditches to convey any surplus or wastewater to some lateral of the above mentioned irrigation system, which may be reached by a gravity flow from the land hereinabove described. But the purchaser shall not be required to construct such waste ditch or ditches for a greater distance than one half mile.