COLLECTION
Gathering good reliable water from a variety of sources is a foundational goal for us. We gather water from Snake Creek, Epperson Springs, to the great Provo River. Without dependable water, no system can survive. We expend a great deal of time, money, and effort in pursuit of securing adequate water rights in order to properly service our customers... this is our business.
WHO ARE WE?
Built by Farmers, for Farmers...
Welcome to the official website of the Midway Irrigation Company!
With 3 Key Elements in mind, we aim to Collect, Deliver and Conserve our precious resources here in Midway Valley. Our goal is to ensure we provide the very best secondary-pressurized irrigation water to our users, here is how.
01.
COLLECTION
Collection from 7 different sources from Snake Creek, Epperson Springs to the great Provo River.
02.
DISTRIBUTION
Utilizing the latest in delivery infrastructure, our pipes transport nearly 10,000 acre-feet of water to both our Agricultural & Domestic customers here in Midway.
03.
CONSERVATION
Conservation minded solutions developed to help to return used water back into our environment and back into the water table for future use.
WHERE WE STARTED
With an average of less than twelve inches of precipitation per year, Utah is the second driest state in the United States. Agriculture is only possible with irrigation. One of Heber Valley’s first significant community developments began in the summer of 1859 along Snake Creek in the northwest part of the valley.
An abundance of warm springs in the area made the soil highly productive. Successful grain crops planted along Snake Creek stimulated the building of permanent cabins and corrals along both banks. In 1866, to better respond to various outside threats, settlers united and formed the community of Midway.
In order to transport water to their lands, farmers banded together in cooperative efforts to dig irrigation canals. Residents were asked to set aside “selfish interests” for the public good. To encourage cooperation, the territorial legislature appointed county probate judges to manage all local water rights. Water was regulated so that it benefited everyone. Eventually disputes arose between individual needs and cooperative efforts.
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Midway farmers recognized that centralized control was necessary and organized an irrigation association in 1887. Seventy-four people attended the Midway Irrigation Company’s first meeting on May 4. It took a five-person committee of nearly a year to hammer out the articles of incorporation and by-laws, adopted unanimously on March 30, 1888.