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Sugar Land council authorizes replacement of LID 17 well after subsidence review
Summary
The Sugar Land City Council voted 7-0 to authorize a drilling permit for Fort Bend County Levee Improvement District No. 17 to replace Well 1251. City staff said the replacement matches the existing well dimensions and will not increase the district's aggregate groundwater use under the city's Groundwater Reduction Plan.
The Sugar Land City Council on Aug. 5 authorized Fort Bend County Levee Improvement District No. 17 to drill a replacement for Well 1251 after a public hearing and staff presentation. City Water Resources Manager Margot Watson told the council the proposed replacement is a like-for-like drilling: "the new well that will be drilled is the exact same size, exact same diameter, depth, everything," and she said Fort Bend Subsidence District had already approved the drilling in…
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