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43 °F Forecast | Road Cams Sunday, April 3, 2005 Today's News | Classifieds | Autos | Homes | Jobs | Tempo | Health | Community | Home Delivery SECTIONS Home Page Local News Sports Business Obituaries Life Opinion Tempo AP News Weather Classified Archives Site Map SPECIAL SECTIONS Since We Asked Outdoor Journal Menu Guide How To Guide Health Readers' Choice Real Estate Showcase Real Estate Guide Joy Magazine Homelife Magazine Wedding Guide Passport to the Rogue Valley SHOP OUR VALLEY AutoFinder HomeFinder JobFinder Classified Place an ad TOP JOBS EXTRA Ashland News NIE Personals Movie Times TV Times E The People Volunteer Moving here? eSouthernOregon CUSTOMER SERVICE FAQ's Advertise with us Home Delivery Employment Contact Us Media Kit Oregon Road Conditions & Cams Email Story to a Friend March 27, 2005 City, TID water users likely to be spared While tributary irrigators around the Rogue River basin may feel the water squeeze this summer, some Jackson County residents likely won’t feel much of a pinch. The city of Medford’s bulging Big Butte Springs water source is running about 88 percent of average, says Laura Hodnett, the Medford Water Commission’s public information coordinator. The springs annually rise and dip more gradually from year to year than snowpack levels, Hodnett said. The commission is not expecting any involuntary water curtailments this summer. "But we’ll continue to tell our customers to use their water wisely," Hodnett said. Customers of Talent Irrigation District can expect to limp through the irrigation season with enough water, thanks to some larger-than-normal carry-over last winter in TID’s three reservoirs, TID Manager Jim Pendleton said. Advertisement Pendleton said Emigrant, Hyatt and Howard Prairie reservoirs recently were listed inclusively as two-thirds full, with 85 percent of average considered normal. Pendleton said the season likely will operate similarly to 2001, the most recent drought year. That year, the district’s patrons made it through the season without the ditches going dry. That was, in part, due to spring rains that helped quench fields. "You hate to say (drought)," Pendleton said recently. "I’m an optimist. I think we still have time to get the precipitation — no matter what form it comes in." — Mark Freeman Mail Tribune Home | Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life | Opinion AP News | Archives | Site Map | Community | Classified Copyright © 1997-2005 Mail Tribune, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Website Feedback Student Loan Consolidation Conference Calls - $50/Month Home Security Systems Trunks, Footlocker, Trunk, Footlockers home equity loans helzberg Distance Education Diamonds Slippers Student Loans afsa teleconferencing Memory Foam Mattress w2 forms Tatoo Fasa Advertisement s