IDWR denies stay on water curtailment, pumps to remain off in Big and Little Lost Basins

UPDATED: 9:10 p.m. (Response from Surface Water Coalition) BUTTE COUNTY, Idaho (KIFI) — The Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR) has denied a motion to pause a curtailment order, forcing groundwater irrigators in the Big Lost and Little Lost basins to shut off their spouts despite already having crops in the ground. IDWR Director Matt