Three Sisters Irrigation District ARRA Success Story

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The Three Sisters Irrigation District (TSID) will receive $2.4 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act dollars over the next few years through various agencies.

In the winter of 2009/2010, these economic stimulus funds provided full employment to almost a dozen skilled laborers and an economic shot in the arm for dozens of businesses in the small mountain town of Sisters, Oregon, which had been experiencing a 16% unemployment rate.

The District recently completed piping the first section of a multi-phase project. The piping project will cut their canal water losses in half, revitalize a local fishery, save water, build new energy infrastructure, and support a local economy and a solid community partnership. Also, to help pay down their pipe installation costs and generate revenue for the district, TSID will install a renewable hydropower system.

Documents
10/2009 News Release: Bureau of Reclamation Announces $3.7 Million of Economic Recovery Funding for Oregon Deschutes Ecosystem Restoration Project HTML
Related Links
Three Sisters Irrigation District
Deschutes River Conservancy
Upper Deschutes Watershed Council
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Contact

James Reeves
jreeves@usbr.gov
(208) 378-5212

Bureau of Reclamation
Pacific Northwest Region
1150 Curtis Road
Boise, ID 83706


Last Update:10/13/23