Delano-Earlimart Irrigation District
Address: 14181 Avenue 24, Delano CA 93215 | Phone: 661-725-2526
GENERAL MANAGER
SECRETARY/TREASURER/DEPUTY COLLECTOR
Eric Quinley
Email: equinley@deid.org
OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR
Calvin Wallis
Email: cwallis@deid.org
FINANCIAL SERVICES SUPERVISOR/ASSESSOR COLLECTOR
Peggy J. Burkett
Email: pburkett@deid.org
CONTROLLER/ASSESSOR COLLECTOR
Tiffany M. Montooth
tmontooth@deid.org
WATER OPERATIONS TECHNICIAN-SAFETY COORDINATOR
Erik C. Anaya
Email: eanaya@deid.org
ATTORNEY
Peltzer & Richardson Law Corporation
3746 Mineral King Ave.
Visalia, CA 93291
Phone: (559) 372-2400
Website: www.prlawcorp.com
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Director Kelly Hampton – Divison 1
Director Nick Canata – Division 2
Director Harold Nelson – Division 3
Director Mark Kovacevich – Division 4
Director Peter Hronis – Division 5
MEETINGS
2nd Thursday @ 4:00 p.m. at the District Office in H. K. Nelson Board Room
DISTRICT SIZE: 56,890 Acres
WATER SOURCE: Friant-Kern Canal, Class 1 – 108,800 AF; Class 2 – 74,500 AF
CROPS: grapes, almonds, oranges, pistachio, raisins, blueberries
The Delano-Earlimart Irrigation District includes a total of 56,500 acres situated in southern Tulare County and northern Kern County along the eastside of the San Joaquin Valley. The District serves over 400 landowners, with an average farm size of 135 acres. Virtually all of the acreage in DEID has been developed. Approximately 83% of the District is planted to permanent crops, the most prevalent crop being grapes. Other permanent crops include pistachios, almonds, and various tree fruit. Thirty-three different crops are grown by our farmers.
DISTRICT SYSTEMS:
The District’s irrigation water distribution system is completely pipelined, with all customer deliveries having water meters. The system includes 172 miles of rubber-gasket, reinforced concrete pipe with diameters ranging from 84″ to 12″ in size. The District has 608 agricultural delivery points (turnout) and 51 smaller metered delivers to municipal and industrial water users. Our system allows the District to make water deliveries with virtually no losses, thus creating an extremely efficient water delivery project that is the foundation for the District’s overall water conservation and management program. The premise of this highly efficient District distribution system has been extended to many of the District’s growers through on-farm use of drip, micro-jet, and micro-sprinkler irrigation system technology. Another new technology used to keep the system up- to-date and deliveries reliable is the float system. It prevents system failure and enhances the conservation effort
WEBSITE: deid.org
