The elixir of life...

flows from the high La Sal Mountains as snowmelt in Castle Creek, then across a thirsty land where it is put to work nourishing the crops on the Adventist’s Daystar Academy farm lower in Castle Valley.

Headworks with incoming water diverted from Castle Creek.

Headworks with incoming water diverted from Castle Creek.

Headgate is set and locked to limit diversion to that specified in their water right.  Excess water is returned to Castle Creek.

Headgate is set and locked to limit diversion to that specified in their water right. Excess water is returned to Castle Creek.

Parshall flume open channel flow metering device that is used to measure the flow of irrigation diversions.

Parshall flume open channel flow metering device that is used to measure the flow of irrigation diversions.

The so-called Quakie Shake pond, the storage reservoir for the gravity-driven irrigation network.

The so-called Quakie Shake pond, the storage reservoir for the gravity-driven irrigation network.