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GMD 5 unveils 50-year watershed plan, proposes well field and water-right retirement with federal support
Summary
Orin Farrell, manager of Big Bend GMD 5, presented a public-review watershed plan for Rattlesnake Creek and described a proposed augmentation well field and a program to retire 2,500 acre-feet of water rights; he said NRCS has $4.2 million available for year‑one implementation and the plan is scoped at roughly $61 million with 75% federal funding.
Orin Farrell, district manager for Big Bend Groundwater Management District 5, presented the district's watershed plan for Rattlesnake Creek and outlined an augmentation and water-right retirement strategy intended to address long-term impairment of flows to Quivira National Wildlife Refuge.
Farrell said the 508-page watershed plan is in public review through Feb. 23 and, after a record decision by NRCS, would move toward implementation. He described two keystone components: a proposed well field located south of Quivira that would rely…
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