BEND, Ore. (AP) — About 22,000 acres in Central Oregon could see restricted irrigation this summer if a dry season continues for users who draw their water from the Crooked River.
The Bend Bulletin reports (http://bit.ly/warScb ) users with older water rights will receive water to irrigate their fields, while users with less-senior rights may have to do without.
An up-and-down year for snowfall means some areas have about 40 percent of their usual capacity.
Not all of the news is grim. The combined Deschutes-Crooked River drainage basins stood at 83 percent of their long-term historic average on Thursday.
