ID SCR118

Legislature formally recognizes Water District 3 (Magic Valley and Wood River basins covering 11 counties) as critical to Idaho's economy, supporting the nation's most concentrated dairy industry and irrigated cropland

Prioritizes the Milner Dam Emergency Spillway Project, with IWRB-approved funding for design and engineering studies to repair this structure that serves as the "check valve" for the Upper Snake River system

Supports multiple water infrastructure projects including the Little Wood River/City of Gooding Flood Control Project, Twin Falls Canal Company High Line Canal lining, and new recharge basins expected to save tens of thousands of acre-feet annually

Affirms the state's obligation to recharge 350,000 acre-feet per year into the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer (ESPA) through managed aquifer recharge sites like the Milepost 31 facility

Supports continued appropriations to the Idaho Water Resource Board for infrastructure modernization, cloud seeding programs, aging canal system repairs, and long-term aquifer stabilization efforts