Todd Sill recognized the new meter on Larry Byrd’s 200 horsepower diesel pump the first time he saw the photograph. The meter was shown in an image attached to the 4Creeks investigation into Byrd’s irrigation practices on the AB La Grange Ranch, which is just west of the historic community of La Grange, nestled in the southeastern foothills of Stanislaus County.
While the new meter caught Sill’s attention, it was Tim Byrd’s testimony at last year’s December 16th meeting of the Modesto Irrigation District (MID) that piqued his interest dramatically.
“Tim said there was never any meter on that pump before the new one,” said Sill last Monday. “Then he said it again on at the meeting on February 10.”…