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Annual groundwater report warns long‑term decline; tax credits and surface‑water projects highlighted
Summary
The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission presented the annual Groundwater Protection Management Report, documenting long‑term drawdown in the Mississippi River Valley alluvial and Sparta‑Memphis aquifers, estimating statewide agricultural groundwater use at about 7 billion gallons per day, and discussing tax‑credit incentives and surface‑water projects as mitigation tools.
Bruce Holland, executive director of the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, and Jim Batchell, Groundwater Section Supervisor, presented the commission’s annual Groundwater Protection Management Report to the joint ag committees.
Batchell said the report focuses on the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer and the Sparta‑Memphis sand. The program monitors about 800 alluvial wells and roughly 300 Sparta wells annually and reports an overall long‑term decline in many…
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