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Klamath County hears update on managed aquifer recharge study and a $20,000 funding request
Summary
Consultants and county staff presented results of a Jacobs Engineering study on managed aquifer recharge (MARR), identified potential recharge sites, discussed funding sources and next steps, and requested $20,000 for partner outreach and a feasibility finish; no formal county funding decision was made at the meeting.
Klamath County commissioners heard an update Jan. 15 on a multi‑year study examining managed aquifer recharge as a tool to preserve groundwater and support agriculture, and were asked to consider $20,000 to finish a feasibility package and conduct partner outreach.
The study, begun under an earlier contract with Brown and Caldwell and continued by Jacobs Engineering, identifies infiltration basins and other passive recharge methods as the county’s preferred approach because they avoid the higher costs and regulatory requirements associated with aquifer storage and recovery wells, a Jacobs presenter said. Consultants highlighted the Lost River as a recurring potential source of skimmable flow in high‑water periods and described candidate sites near Klamath Falls, Spring Lake, Merrill, and Dry Lake.
County Public Works staff and project presenters said the work combined hydrograph analyses…
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