Talent Irrigation District v. Employment Division

This is a companion appeal to Klamath Irr. Dist. v. Employ. Div., 21 Or App 61, 534 P2d 190 (1975), decided pursuant to the same law. With the exception of the exact percentage of its total water that the respective irrigation districts deliver for nonfarm purposes, the essential facts are the same. Summarizing the facts found by the referee, it appears that between 90 and 95 percent of all of the water the Talent district delivers is for farm purposes. The irrigation district manager testified that of 15,705 acres served by the district 300 acres are supplied with water to the city of…