Sierra Nevada snowmelt is the main water source for Modesto and nearby areas served by the Tuolumne and other rivers.

The Merced Irrigation District Board of Directors has adopted a $167 million budget for the 2024 fiscal year. They also established a water rate of $50 per acre-foot for this year’s irrigation season.

MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- With summer and the extreme Valley heat just around the corner, the Merced Irrigation District is taking action to remind families about water safety. The agency launched its ...

Merced Irrigation District owns and operates Lake McClure on the Merced River, and delivers supplies to about 2,200 growers farming on approximately 132,000 acres in eastern Merced County. Andrew Kuhn ...

Merced County farmers pay close attention to local reservoir water levels, helping them plan for crop irrigation throughout the year. “This water is the lifeblood of our agriculture community in the ...

The Merced Irrigation District, along with a coalition of locally owned public utilities, filed a lawsuit Thursday to disqualify a June 8 ballot measure that could change how electricity is sold in ...

Federal and state government officials journeyed to the western corner of Merced County on Thursday to announce a new project to place solar panels on the water in the Delta-Mendota Canal. The project ...

House boats float near McClure Point before the Lights on the Lake Fireworks Celebration at Lake McClure in La Grange, Calif., on Saturday, June 29, 2019. California Department of Water Resources data ...

A new farm aid package is expected next week to help farmers facing export losses and low commodity prices. We sat down with Deputy Agriculture Secretary Stephen Vaden, who says “a wide variety of ...

Given the devastation we will soon bear under the state’s Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan, our community and the Merced Irrigation District have had plenty of disagreements with our state’s ...