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UT-BEG project manager says $100,000 would only start study of San Solomon Springs; asks district for detailed budget
Summary
UT-BEG hydrogeologist Rebecca C. Smyth told the Reeves County Groundwater Conservation District on May 16 that $100,000 would be only a beginning for study of the San Solomon Springs watershed, that Apache funding is nearly exhausted, and that equipment replacement (loggers) could cost about $25,000 each. The board took no action.
Rebecca C. Smyth, M.A., P.G., a hydrogeologist and project manager with the University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology (UT-BEG), told the Reeves County Groundwater Conservation District at its May 16, 2024 meeting in Pecos that a proposed $100,000 contribution would be "only the beginning" of the funding needed to continue study of the San Solomon Springs watershed.
Smyth said the project has been supported previously by Apache and that those funds — about $2,000,000 used to support two years…
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