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Nixa to join regional purchase of Stockton Lake water; city to pay about $53,000 a year for 30 years
Summary
City staff presented a sub-allocation agreement that would give Nixa 1,000,000 gallons per day from a 38,000,000 gpd Stockton Lake allocation. The city would pay roughly $53,000 annually over 30 years and a perpetual maintenance share estimated at $10,655 per year.
NIXA, Mo. — The Nixa City Council heard a multi-decade water plan Tuesday that would give the city a permanent allocation of Stockton Lake water if the council approves a sub-allocation contract with the Southwest Missouri Joint Municipal Water Utility Commission.
Assistant Public Works Director Travis Cossi told the council the Army Corps of Engineers approved an allocation of 38,000,000 gallons per day from Stockton Lake and that Nixa’s share would be 1,000,000 gallons per day secured through a joint municipal utility corporation (JMUC). “This brings us a long ways towards our, future needed goal,” Cossi said during the presentation.
The change matters because the allocation insures a long-term surface-water supply…
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