January 22, 2025 - Irrigation Rotation Schedule Project

Roats Water System, in partnership with all homeowner’s associations (HOAs) that rely on irrigation service, is working to refine and optimize the irrigation rotation schedule. The goal of this initiative is to create a balanced irrigation schedule that aligns Roats’ distribution system capabilities with the specific needs of customers, based on accurate and reliable data.

To kick off the project, HOAs will conduct an inventory analysis of their sprinkler system demands at the start of the 2025 irrigation season. The insights gained from this analysis will be used to develop an equitable and data-driven irrigation rotation schedule, anticipated to begin with the 2026 season.

Each of the HOA’s served by the irrigation system is unique in design and character, but all share a common thread—the beautiful, park-like environment that contributes to the high quality of life that residents enjoy. Bend is not creating any more communities quite like these, and Roats’ vision is to foster a collaborative partnership with HOA’s to create an irrigation schedule that helps to preserve these special qualities.

To learn more about this project, please contact Roats Water System at (541) 382-3029 or reach out to your homeowner’s association.

August 21, 2024 - Letter mailed to irrigation customers:

Below is a mid-irrigation season update regarding your services with Roats Water System:

Roats Water System services: We provide your potable and non-potable (irrigation) water supplies. The City of Bend serves as your sewer system provider.

Your neighborhood is one piece of a larger system, formally known as Juniper Utility. The system includes five neighborhoods: Mountain High, Timber Ridge, Tillicum Village, Nottingham Square and The Pines. Roats purchased the former Juniper Utility from the City of Bend in 2016. The former Juniper Utility irrigation system is fully build-out based on capacity and will not be expanded to include additional connections.

Irrigation service will continue until mid-October: Irrigation water is delivered to Roats’ reservoir from Arnold Irrigation District. If Arnold is unable to continue water delivery in 2024 due to lack of water availability or canal pipe improvement projects, Roats will continue delivery of irrigation water through the end of the season from our groundwater source. The current irrigation rotation schedule will remain in effect for the remainder of the 2024 season. Customers will receive notification of the last irrigation day in mid-September via automated phone call. Please call our office if you would like to update your current contact information in our system.

Looking forward: We are actively working to further optimize the irrigation distribution system in conjunction with a new neighborhood rotation schedule for the 2025 season. We will reach out to your neighborhood’s HOA this fall to organize a customer user group to address optimization options in advance of the 2025 season. Please contact our office or your HOA should you have an interest in contributing to the group.

We thank you for your continued support and patience while our region works through the recent drought and conservation initiatives that have drastically changed the availability of irrigation water. Please don’t hesitate to contact our office should you have any questions.