The lifeblood of the six square miles of prime vineyard estates is a state-of-the-art water delivery system tied together with miles of arterial mainlines that extend to each property.
SeVein taps water more than 1,000 feet below the surface filtered for decades through multiple layers of basalt and replenished from the Blue Mountain snowfall. No expense was spared in developing one of the finest agricultural water delivery systems in the Northwest. Two deep basalt wells are interconnected with three lined reservoirs/bulges and nearly ten miles of buried pipeline to provide a total capacity of over 5,000 gallons per minute. State-of-the-art telemetry-controlled variable-frequency speed pumps, booster pumps, and motors are designed to deliver 5 GPM per irrigated acre to each vineyard property site. Property ownership includes specifically identified water rights to each property lot.
The water delivery system and infrastructure are owned in common by Seven Hills Properties Water Association LLC. Membership is based on the number of water right certificate acres attached to each property. The Association was formed to own, operate, and maintain the wells, pumps, motors, and portions of the water delivery system. The Association is responsible for delivery of water to each owner’s property line, and retains easements throughout the property in order to provide maintenance and capital improvements on the water delivery system and primary road network. A three-member Board of Directors elected from SeVein’s property owners manage the Association, including determination of monthly assessments to cover electricity costs, operation and maintenance of the water delivery system and primary roads.
