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The Verde Ditch

Notice

The ditch shutdown is Wednesday, November 30th ( earliest) and the latest is Friday, December 2nd. The plan is for the ditch to be shut down approximately 2 months. Start up will be sometime early February. Please check your head gates, or have them checked, during the period that the ditch is dry. Thank you.

Once again it's time to go on an emergency watering schedule. 
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UNTIL RIVER RISES WITH MONSOON RAINS

​Section 1: 
Main head gate to Copper Canyon. This section will only be able to water from Sunday 6am thru Weddnesday at 6am.  This section starts at Horseshoe Bend thru Ranch Acres thru Ft River Caves all thru town and out Salt Mine road to the end of Vail Road. (Copper Canyon) 
Section 2: From Copper Canyon (end of Vail Road) to the end of the ditch. This section will only be able to water from Wednesday at 6am thru Sunday at 6am.
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PLEASE TRY TO STRETCH OUT YOUR DAYS BETWEEN WATERING, AND USE ONLY WHAT YOU NEED. BERMUDA GRASS ONLY NEEDS TO BE WATERED EVERY 14 DAYS. THE VERDE RIVER IS RUNNING AT A VERY LOW LEVEL.
PLEASE HELP YOUR NEIGHBORS STAY ON THIS SCHEDULE

UPDATES TO THESE RESTRICTIONS WILL BE POSTED HERE. 

Thank you for visiting

Please visit our about page to learn more about the history of the Verde Ditch and about what we do. The News and updates page has regular updates that will affect some or possibly all of our local users, and news about anything pertinent to Verde Ditch. These pages can be accessed by clicking on them, either from this page or via the above menu.
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Attention shareholders! 

As we continue our historic use research, the Verde Ditch commissioners, staff and attorney ask you to assist us in gathering any historic information you may have or are aware of. These can include items such as maps, documents, agreements and any other evidence you feel might be relevant. Currently we are contacting long time Verde Valley residents in hopes that they can provide us with history regarding water use in the past. If you know someone that may have knowledge of the history of the Verde Valley, please contact us.

Notice: restoring access

Over the past few years the Verde Ditch Commissioners have undertaken the long term project of restoring access to the bank of the ditch. The Commissioners are court appointed officers and are instructed by the court to maintain and operate the ditch. Per the Rules and Regulations dated August 8, 1989 the Commissioners are granted a right if usage to access the ditch at all times. There have been several instances where the ditch has had an obstruction that was too large to remove by hand and large equipment was needed to remove; however it was impossible to get a piece of equipment on the bank because of structures on the bank. This condition has the potential to cause severe property damage so the Commissioners are currently undertaking this project. Please help the Commissioners accomplish this in order to improve your ditch. when you see the crews please cooperate with the workers. Thank you.
 
The Commissioners are governed by “Rules and Regulations” promulgated by an Arizona Superior Court in 1989. In the Rules and Regulations there are limitations to the construction of fences, buildings and other structures along the ditch. Section 3 prohibits any structure that interferes with the Commissioners ability to access the ditch. The Rules and Regulations are posted on our website here, or you can pick a copy up at 432 S. 1st Street in Camp Verde. We would like to bring this to the attention of any property owner along the ditch. If your property has any structure that may impede access to the ditch we would ask you to remove it. If you have any questions regarding your specific property please feel free to call the office and schedule an appointment with one of the Commissioners.

The Verde Ditch Company is committed to deliver water allowed by
​historic rights to the Verde Ditch shareholders as efficiently as possible. 

Mailing Address

P.O. BOX 2345
​Camp Verde, AZ 86322

Physical address

432 S. 1ST Street Camp Verde, AZ 86322

Phone number

​ 928.567.4212

Email

VERDEDITCH@YAHOO.COM 

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