The East Columbia Basin Irrigation District announces the 2025 irrigation season will end for all East Columbia Basin Irrigation District deliveries on October 22nd, 2025. The final day to order water delivery changes will be October 20th. The last changes will be made on October 21st. On October 22nd ditchriders will close all farm unit and water service contract turnouts as they begin to drain the canal system.
Saturday deliveries concluded last weekend. For the remainder of the season, daily ditchrider service will be available Monday through Friday. The Moses Lake and Othello Watermaster Offices will be closed on weekends beginning September 6th. Emergency phone numbers for after-hours and weekend trouble calls are available on the ECBID website, www.ecbid.org/contacU. Contact numbers are also listed under “East Columbia Basin Irrigation District” in the Moses Lake, Warden and Othello telephone directories.
Questions regarding Saturday deliveries and the shut off date may be answered by calling the Main Office at (509) 488-9671 or submitted by email to info@ecbid.org.