Compact Implementation Technical Team

The Compact Implementation Technical Team (CITT) is the entity established by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT)-Montana Compact (Compact) to plan and advise the Project Operator on the implementation of the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project (FIIP) Operational Improvements, Rehabilitation and Betterment, and Adaptive Management. The CITT duties and responsibilities are defined in more detail in Appendix 3.5 of the Compact.

The initial focus of the CITT is to develop recommendation to CSKT, Montana, and the United States (Compact Parties) on the use of available funding for water measurement, a stock-water program, and an on-farm efficiency program.

Each of the Parties to the Compact (State of Montana, CSKT, and the US Federal Government) and the Project Operator appoint a CITT representative. FIIP irrigators may also assign an irrigator representative to the CITT.

Compact Implementation Technical Team Operating Rules - Adopted March 15, 2016.

Cooperative agreement between the State of Montana and Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation.

Task Order 1 to the State - CSKT Master Agreement provides funding for the first year of the CITT approved Workplan for Water Measurement at Instream Flow, River Diversion Allowance and Natural Flow and Irrigation Return Flow Locations.

Task Order 3 to the State - CSKT Master Agreement provides funding for the engineering design of hydraulic measurement structures at twelve distinct irrigation diversion on the FIIP, each of which is identified as a River Diversion Allowance (RDA) location in the Compact.

CITT Workplan for Water Measurement at Instream Flow, River Diversion Allowance, Natural Flow and Irrigation Return Flow Locations. Approved by CITT on May 24, 2016.

Flathead Indian Irrigation Project Modernization Plan - April 2016

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), in cooperation with world-renowned irrigation experts from the Irrigation Training and Research Center at Cal Poly University (ITRC), recently conducted a modernization study for the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project (FIIP). The results of that work are presented here and can be downloaded via the links below. While not a product of the CITT, this report will augment existing technical work related to the FIIP and will inform FIIP project operators, FIIP irrigators, the CITT, and decision makers as they consider implementing improvements to the FIIP.

FIIP Modernization Plan (complete) (112 MB)
Cover and Table of Contents 
Section 1 - Project Overview 
Section 2 - Camas Canal Unit Modernization (12 MB)
Section 3 - Placid Canal and Jocko River Modernization (5 MB)
Section 4 - Jocko Canal Unit Modernization (11 MB)
Section 5 - Lower J and Revais Canal Modernization (4 MB)
Section 6 - Mission Canal Unit Modernization (14 MB)
Section 7 - Mission H Canal Modernization (4 MB)
Section 8 - Crow Creeks, Kicking Horse, and Ninepipes Reservoir Modernization (9.5 MB)
Section 9 - Post Canal Unit Modernization (13 MB)
Section 10 - Moiese Canal System Modernization (7.6 MB)
Section 11 - Pablo Feeder Canal Modernization Near Polson (9.3 MB)
Section 12 - Valley View Modernization (8.8 MB)
Section 13 - Modernization near Horte Reservoir (12 MB)
Section 14 - SCADA (7.5 MB)
Section 15 - On-Farm Irrigation