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Sonoita Creek study committee reviews watershed discharge and well data
Summary
The Sonoita Creek Flood and Flow Study Committee reviewed agenda-supplied discharge and well figures on March 12, 2026, noted two expected presenters were unavailable, and recorded that USBR planning funds are available for the watershed CWMP.
The Sonoita Creek Flood and Flow Study Committee reviewed agenda materials listing recent water-discharge and well-level figures at its March 12, 2026, meeting and noted gaps in in-person updates from outside presenters.
Agenda text cited a South32 report (January 2026) with a monthly average discharge listed as 0.73923 gal. per day and a maximum of 1.452039 gal. per day; the Town of Patagonia report included figures of 84,818 gal per day, processed 38,377 per day, and a well depth of 36' 4". Those numbers were read from the written materials in the agenda packet rather than spoken by a named presenter in the transcript. The agenda also listed Tomas Goode (Town Manager) in connection with the item but the transcript attributes the numeric lines to the agenda reports themselves.
Two scheduled presenters did not provide updates at the meeting: Grant Weinkam (listed as with ADEQ) was slated to report on the TMDL project for the Patagonia watershed but was marked "Not available at this time" in the agenda sequence; an update from Chris Gardner on Harshaw Creek water-quality graphs was likewise recorded as not available. Bob Proctor later reported, "Funds are available," in reference to the USBR CWMP update listed on the agenda.
The committee plan includes further review of watershed conditions and a future agenda item to address a Patagonia drought preparation plan. The committee set its next regular meeting for April 9, 2026. The transcript and agenda materials present numeric discharge values as written; the committee did not provide additional context in the meeting about units, data sources beyond the named reports, or method of measurement, so the figures remain as reported in the agenda.
Note on numeric precision: the agenda lists small decimal discharge values for South32 (e.g., 0.73923 gal. per day) that appear inconsistent with the Town figures on the same page; the transcript records these values exactly as printed in the agenda materials. The committee did not clarify whether the South32 numbers are correctly transcribed or whether they represent a different unit or scale.
