San Luis Valley Irrigation District
District Description
The San Luis Valley Irrigation District is an irrigation district formed and operating pursuant to Title 37, Article 42 of the Colorado Revised Statutes. The District's offices are located in Center, Colorado. The District owns and operates 135 miles of irrigation ditches, including its primary ditch the Farmers Union Canal which diverts water from the Rio Grande River and delivers it to nearly 62,000 acres of land located in the San Luis Valley in Alamosa, Rio Grande and Saguache Counties. The District owns and operates the Rio Grande Reservoir located on the headwaters of the Rio Grande River in Hinsdale County, Colorado, with a storge capacity of approximately 54,000 acre-feet.
Board of Directors
David W. Graham, President
John W. Slane, Vice President
Randall K. Palmgren, Director
Jack P. Kuntz, Director
Elfirio J. Romero, Director At Large
Travis L. Smith, Superintendent
Janet L. Evans, District Secretary
