Idaho shareholders vote out canal board after outcry over treated wastewater plan

Idaho shareholders vote out canal board after outcry over treated wastewater plan

In 2024, the Farmers Union Ditch Company in Idaho entered into a long-term agreement allowing the Eagle Sewer District to send treated wastewater through the canal system that irrigates residents' land.  After residents in Idaho's Ada County finally learned about this, the Idaho Statesman reported that they turned their frustration into action. At the January annual meeting, shareholders arrived in large numbers and voted out nearly the entire b…