Ouray Park Irrigation Company (OPIC) was organized in the early 1900's to provide irrigation water to the area around Pelican Lake, Uintah County, Utah, through a system of storage reservoirs and distribution canals. Over the last forty years, OPIC has dramatically improved its distribution sytem by replacing the canals with pipelines which have resulted in a dramatic water savings.
Ouray Park Irrigatioin Company provides irrigation water from five resources:
Ouray Park Irrigation Company delivers irrigation water to three areas:
- Leota Bench (3,000 acres)
- Pelican Lake (5,250 acres)
Water for the Leota Bench is diverted from the Whiterocks River and flows over 30 miles through a new pipeline constructed between Cottonwood Reservoir and Brough Reservoir as well as through the Whiterocks/Ouray Valley Canal to Brough Reservoir. OPIC draws water resources from Uintah and Duchesne Counties in the State of Utah.
Over the past several years the UWCD has obtained funding from the Colorado River Salinity Control Program and has installed over 25 miles of pipeline in the area below Cottonwood Reservoir (West Side Combined Canal Salinity Project-WSCCSP). This project replaced seven canals (55 miles) with pipeline, including the Moffat Canal and most of the Ouray Park Canal and more recently, the pipeline mentioned above connecting Cottonwood Reservoir and Brough Reservoir.
David Yeaman recently replaced Vaughn Parrish as the president of Ouray Park Irrigation Company. He is a successful rancher and businessman and also owns and operates Four Star Ranch, a private company located in Randlett, Utah. David Yeaman has also served on the Board of Ouray Park Irrigation Company since 2004.
Ouray Park Irrigation Company legal structure is a corporation. The organization is classified as a 501(c)(3) organization, indicating it is a religious, educational, charitable, or scientific entity. Ouray Park Irrigation Company is a mutual ditch or irrigation company
With $4.64 million in assets as of year-end 2011, Ouray Park Irrigation Company is one of the larger nonprofits. The 2011 reported income for Ouray Park Irrigation Company was $358,390, which puts it slightly above average.
Ouray Park Irrigation Company's business office is located in Roosevelt, UT. The company primarily operates in the Water Supply and Irrigation Systems Companies industry.