About
The Flathead Indian Irrigation Project (FIIP) under the management of the CME operates and maintains an irrigation storage, distribution and delivery system serving about 127,500 irrigated acres on the Flathead Indian Reservation. This irrigation system includes 17 dams and reservoirs, approximately 1,300 miles of canals and laterals, and about 10,000 structures. Structures include fish protection facilities located where water is intercepted or diverted from streams and rivers. The goal of the FIIP is to deliver the available annual water supply in the most efficient manner possible. Annual funding provided through Operations & Maintain assessments on the irrigated land.
