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Jim Wells County OKs EPA-funded Quenching Thirst project to finish Johnson Street retention pond
Summary
Commissioners approved an agreement with Water Finance Exchange and Texas A&M–Corpus Christi to finish a stalled bio-retention pond on West Johnson Street at no cost to the county; the work includes completing pipe, adding a fence, native plants and a multi-year monitoring plan.
Jim Wells County Commissioners on an October meeting approved an agreement allowing the nonprofit Water Finance Exchange to administer an EPA-funded Quenching Thirst Grant, awarded to Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi, to finish improvements on a bio-retention pond on the west side of Johnson Street near the county fairgrounds.
The project, presented by Savannah Batson of Water Finance Exchange, will complete the length of pipe that had been left unfinished after construction bids rose during the COVID-19 period, install a…
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