GENERAL ELECTION NOTICE Anderson Cottonwood Irrigation District has two Board seat terms expiring December 4, 2024. Dan Woolery and Steve McCarley are the two incumbent terms coming up for election. The candidate nomination period runs July 15, 2024, through August 9, 2024. If an incumbent does not file, the nomination [...]
ACID Mid-Season Update
Dear Landowner, We have reached the halfway point of the 2023 Anderson-Cottonwood irrigation season. The beginning of the season was marked with significant challenges. The District was tasked with filling the position of a new General Manager. High groundwater issues persisted for weeks in certain areas near the main canal. [...]
New fish spawning habitat project going on under Market Street bridge in Redding
REDDING, Calif. — A new project, under the Market Street bridge in Redding, is providing new spawning habitats for endangered fish populations. Up to 8,000 tons of gravel is being placed into the Sacramento River, underneath the Market street bridge, to help provide a critical spawning habitat for endangered Chinook salmon [...]
A.C.I.D. working on diversion dam project to bring water to farmers in the Northstate
REDDING, Calif. — After a year of being down, the flashboards are going back up on the Anderson Cottonwood Irrigation District (A.C.I.D.) diversion dam at Lake Redding Park. After a year of being down, the flashboards are going back up on the A.C.I.D diversion dam in Lake Redding Park. (KRCR) [...]
Local emergency declared after widespread flooding in Shasta County
Record-setting rain in the Redding area flooded yards, streets and homes as it forced residents of one neighborhood north of Anderson to evacuate. The Shasta County Sheriff's Office declared a state of local emergency due to the flooding and damage from heavy rains. The rain also caused debris in the [...]
Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District remains in good shape, even after canal floods
NORTHSTATE, Calif. — From zero water, to too much water: the Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District (ACID) saw their canal flood on Tuesday from the heavy rainfall. Of course, the ACID canal was mostly dried up last year, so these conditions are a complete 180 from what residents had been dealing with. Plenty of ACID [...]
Anderson Cottonwood Irrigation District canal floods
Heavy rain on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, caused debris in the Anderson Cottonwood Irrigation District canal to back up, flooding neighborhoods.
Bureau: ‘March will tell the story’ of whether California’s drought is over
Less than a year after going through one of the worst droughts on record, Redding and other North State residents could reap the benefits of rain and snow levels that returned to more normal levels this winter. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which controls water allocations to numerous agencies in [...]