Berms or not, it’s a flood plain in Canyon County

The consensus among water experts seems to be that the part of Idaho I call home is an eternal desert, treated now and then to a decent rainfall and usually delivering enough snow in the mountains to irrigate our parched land and grow crops.
We’ve been officially in a drought for years, and any concern about [...]

Private wells in Idaho

In Idaho you don’t have to cut any red tape if you own a small well that supplies water to your home. That’s because a well like the one I have in my garage pumps no water at all in winter and very little on the few occasions when I water my lawn in the [...]