Sustainable Idaho: From Ditch to Pipe: Saving Water, Saving Energy

On today’s episode, Madison talks with Wade Egan, a farmer and rancher in Southern Bannock County to discuss the newly-finished Hawkins pipeline project in Arimo. Egan works as the Project Manager for both the Marsh Creek Irrigation District and the Hawkins Pipeline Project. This project reduced the energy usage and water loss from seepage and evaporation by converting open ditches into 10 miles of underground pipes. As a result, the new irrigation pipes provide 3,220 acres and 12 shareholders with clean, gravity-fed water.