Learning from History, the Magic Waters Irrigation Project
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Technology
Looking Back is an Historical Journey Documenting the Development of High Lift Irrigation Along Idaho's Snake River Plateaus
"Looking Back" is an historical journey documenting the development of high lift irrigation alongIdaho's Snake River plateaus. Starting in 1955, Maurice Eckert started the Magic Waters Irrigation Project using high lift pumping to develop fertile desert soils west of Buhl, Idaho.
A few years after the Magic Waters high lift irrigationproject began, development in the Treasure Valley started with Allen Nobleat the Dry Lake Area.Drawing onthe success of these early projects, the 1960'sbegan a new wave of high lift pumping projects along the Snake Riverlike Saylor Creek, Grindstone, The Billy Rio Ranch, The Cottonwood Canal, Murphy Flats, Initial Butte, Indian Hills, Black Mesa, andother projects along the CJ Strike Reservoir.
The documentary ends with the development ofIdaho's largest irrigation project, Bell Rapids, located west of Hagerman. The filmchroniclesthe circumstances that ledBell Rapidsgrowers to sell their water to the State of Idahowhich helped satisfy the Nez Perce water agreement. This documentary is like looking back in the river's rear view mirror and seeing some of Idaho's premier farm ground in the making.
Source: LookingBack
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- Agriculture
- Irrigation
- Future Irrigation Systems