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Commission approves temporary water-well access agreement for property owner; agreement ends when rural water accessible
Summary
Ellis County commissioners approved a temporary agreement allowing Adam Pray access to the county's Dakota well for limited use until he can obtain rural water service; the agreement includes separate metering, usage limits and prohibitions on high-water uses, and it terminates once the property has access to rural water.
On Oct. 14 the Ellis County Commission approved a motion to authorize a water-well agreement that gives Adam Pray temporary access to a county-owned Dakota well at the county public-works site, subject to terms and reporting requirements.
County staff explained the agreement is a temporary measure tied to prior purchase-closing documents for the public-works property and intended only to allow short-term, limited water use until the property has access to rural water service from Trego County (the rural water district). Adam Pray spoke and clarified: “We are not effectively creating a…
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