Irrigators in Wasco County are dealing with their worst water year in memory. Josh Thompson of the Wasco County Soil and Water Conservation District says it’s the worst water year he has seen in fifteen years on the job, adding many of the agricultural producers he works with are saying its the worst they have seen. Thompson says irrigation districts in the southern portion of the county have cut distribution by 25 percent, and still may run out of water in their reservoirs a month to a month and a half earlier than they would in a normal year. Thompson says the depth of the problem depends on where the irrigator is, and it is usually worse the further south you go. The forecast of triple-digit temperatures in the next week will exacerbate the problem. Thompson says the hotter it gets, the more water crops will use, and that means farmers have to replenish the soil more often.