Countdown to irrigation shutdown: Yakima city prepares for annual water halt - KIMA CBS 29

Countdown to irrigation shutdown: Yakima city prepares for annual water halt | KIMA

YAKIMA - There's less than a week left before water stops in the City of Yakima for a majority of residential and business customers served by the City of Yakima’s irrigation system.

The city has announced they are turning off irrigation water this Friday, October 13th, until next spring.

Other independently operated irrigation systems will also be shutting down in the area over the next few weeks, according to a press release.

“It’s a good idea for people to spend some time now preparing for the shutdown,” said Irrigation Supervisor Rich Sanislo. “If they need to do some final watering, they should get that done this weekend. People should also go through the process of winterizing their own irrigation systems after the water stops flowing on October 13th.”

The irrigation system consists of 66 individual, smaller systems that were consolidated almost 20 years ago into a single utility, which provides water to about 11,000 customers.