LONE ROCK - Back in the late 1970s, nearly everyone thought it was a good idea to get irrigation water out of leaky ditches and into gravity fed pipelines on farmlands in the vicinity of Lone Rock School.

To do that, the Bitter Root Irrigation District and irrigators in the Three Mile Area came together to get the financing to build a gravity fed sprinkler system that would both conserve water and cut down on the amount of silt running into the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge.

For 30 years, irrigators on the system have paid $16 extra an acre to pay off their $1.18 million share of the $3 million system.

Through those same three decades, BRID has taken care of all the maintenance and operations of the system.

Unfortunately, the forward-thinking crew that put the deal together 30 years ago didnt make it perfectly clear what should happen when the bond was paid.

That lack of foresight is now setting the stage for a fight between some of the nearly 400 irrigators on the Three Mile Gravity System and the Bitter Root Irrigation District (BRID) that already has lawyers talking back and forth.

The trouble began to brew after BRIDs board of directors let irrigators on the system know that it believed once the system was paid for, it would become a private system belonging to the water users.

If the water users wanted BRID to continue maintaining and operating the system, they would need to form a subdistrict. Once that district was formed, irrigators on the system would be required to pay an additional $10 an acre for the first two years to cover BRIDs expenses.

To form a district, 60 percent of the users have to sign a petition that BRID is currently circulating. The petitioners have to own 60 percent of the impacted lands.

BRID officials contend that if the water users opt not to form a subdistrict, then once the system is paid for, it will become their responsibility to operate and maintain. The irrigation district will only be responsible for delivering water to each inlet structure.

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Theres no timeline for reopening the $24 million Bethel pool, which closed right after the grand opening this past Saturday due to a sprinkler system issue.

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Acting City Manager Pete Williams says the city wants to have experts look at the system, in light of the recent devastating fire at the new Alcohol Treatment center.

Bethel residents enjoy the new pool. (Photo by Ben Matheson / KYUK)

As we speak they are trying to determine what the problem is, until they can determine what it is and whats needed for the fix, its hard to give a timeline of when it will be open again, said Williams.

Doug Cobb works for ProDev, the project management firm, and is in Bethel trying to figure out the issue.

We have pressure at the hydrant and theres something inconsistent in the building, we have gotten the system to work successfully several times, but to pass that test that has to be done over and over, and over. Thats what were troubleshooting, said Cobb.

Williams says the crews thought they had found the problem Thursday morning, but another issue popped up.

The state Fire Marshall granted the city an exception last Saturday to host the grand opening, even though inspectors the day before found the pressure to run the sprinkler system to be inadequate.

Cobb says a fire sprinkler specialist from the Lower 48 has been consulted in the troubleshooting.

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LONE ROCK - Back in the late 1970s, nearly everyone thought it was a good idea to get irrigation water out of leaky ditches and into gravity fed pipelines on farmlands in the vicinity of Lone Rock School.

To do that, the Bitter Root Irrigation District and irrigators in the Three Mile Area came together to get the financing to build a gravity fed sprinkler system that would both conserve water and cut down on the amount of silt running into the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge.

For 30 years, irrigators on the system have paid $16 extra an acre to pay off their $1.18 million share of the $3 million system.

Through those same three decades, BRID has taken care of all the maintenance and operations of the system.

Unfortunately, the forward-thinking crew that put the deal together 30 years ago didnt make it perfectly clear what should happen when the bond was paid.

That lack of foresight is now setting the stage for a fight between some of the nearly 400 irrigators on the Three Mile Gravity System and the Bitter Root Irrigation District (BRID) that already has lawyers talking back and forth.

The trouble began to brew after BRIDs board of directors let irrigators on the system know that it believed once the system was paid for, it would become a private system belonging to the water users.

If the water users wanted BRID to continue maintaining and operating the system, they would need to form a subdistrict. Once that district was formed, irrigators on the system would be required to pay an additional $10 an acre for the first two years to cover BRIDs expenses.

To form a district, 60 percent of the users have to sign a petition that BRID is currently circulating. The petitioners have to own 60 percent of the impacted lands.

BRID officials contend that if the water users opt not to form a subdistrict, then once the system is paid for, it will become their responsibility to operate and maintain. The irrigation district will only be responsible for delivering water to each inlet structure.

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MISSOULA, Mont. -

Western Montana has a cold front heading over and many Montanans are scrambling this weekend to winterize their sprinkler system.

Employees at Dirtman Sprinklers say they've been booked for the past 6 weeks blowing out sprinkler systems.

They say ideally, you should winterize your system during the months of September or October but some people still wait until the last minute which can result in big problems if you don't shut the water off.

"Outside, you're probably going to have an exposed pipe or what we call a BFP which is a backflow preventer. You may want to cover that with a blanket, with these sub-zero temperatures, that can break and flood your basement," said Dirtman Sprinklers employee Shaun Reely.

If you don't fully winterize your system, they say you should at least shut off your outside water supply at the ball valve inside your house.

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ST. CHARLESCOUNTY A 33-year-old woman who caused extensive damage to a local dentist's office by setting off the sprinkler system, has been sentenced to four years in prison.

Melissa Reann Frederick was a first-time patient in October 2013 at Streets of St. Charles Dental, at 1520 South Fifth Street, prosecutors say. After arriving, she asked to use the bathroom.

A short time later the sprinkler system was activated and caused more than $10,000 in damage to the drywall, carpet and electronic system in the office, according to court documents.

Frederick, of the 400 block of San Juan Drive, told police she accidentally lit a napkin on fire while she was trying to light the end of her eye pencil. She said when she dropped the napkin in the sink, it activated the system.

However, a construction contractor told police that Frederick's version of the events was not plausible. He said the sprinkler head is heat activated, and the temperature inside of the bathroom has to reach 155 degrees before the system goes off.

A more likely scenario was that Frederick climbed on the sink and held a lighter to the sprinkler head, court documents say.

Frederick's motive for the action was unclear.

At a hearing last week, Frederick pleaded no contest to a charge of felony property damage. Under that arrangement, she did not admit guilt but conceded the prosecution had enough evidence to secure a conviction.

Her sentence was handed down by Circuit Judge Daniel Pelikan.

Susan Weich is a reporter at the Post-Dispatch. Follow her on TwitterorFacebook.

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