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in some years, " Mickelsen said. " That's
one of the major problems, if individuals
who make the reduction are going to be
punished for the group as a whole. "
Mickelsen believes that the canal
companies and senior water rights
holders need to be more efficient
in their water usage. In some ways,
it comes down to the definition of
beneficial use.
" That's one of the flaws of the
settlement agreement; we have to look
at what beneficial use is, " Mickelsen
said. " Is it reasonable for the value
they're getting out of shutting off all
these acres? Is there a way to make
everybody pretty much whole versus
some people completely whole, and
other people basically get run over by
a freight train? I think there's a balance
there, and I think we're going to have to
find that balance. "
One of the architects in the
Gary Spackman, director of the Idaho Department of Water Resources, gives a
presentation at a forum sponsored by the Eastern Idaho Water Rights Coalition in
Idaho Falls on Dec. 8, 2022.
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Gary Spackman, director of the IDWR.
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attendees that the past two years of
drought had resulted in a reassessment
of both the 2015 agreement and the
methodology employed by IDWR
in calculating the water supply and
potential shortfall for senior surface
water rights holders and the resulting
obligation for mitigation by junior
priority groundwater right holders.
" I believe the holders of senior water
rights don't want to shut off junior
groundwater users, and I honestly
believe that the holders of junior
groundwater rights want to solve the
problem, " Spackman told the audience
during the annual meeting of the Idaho
Water Users Association in January.
Spackman expressed a level of
optimism that the SWC and IGWA
would reach a settlement, but he urged
everyone to assist in helping bring
resolution to this dispute.
" Participate in those discussions and
try to find a solution that will move
us forward so that our water resource,
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