(It is a special week)...It is Zanjero Appreciation Week.

It was proclaimed by the Imperial Irrigation District Directors a their meeting this week. Zanjero's are very important to the IID. They are the one who deliver the water to ag fields in the amount ordered. The District's team of Zanjeros, water patrolmen, water dispatchers and water division coordinators collectively work 24 hours a day, seven days a week year round to provide reliable delivery services to IID customers. The district employs more than 129 Zanjeros, 14 water patrolmen, 25 water dispatchers and 17 division coordinators to deliver about 2.6 million acres of water per year