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ADWR, ADEQ and local groups give watershed updates; CMWP grant start paused until July 2025
Summary
ADWR summarized supply-and-demand findings for the Cienega Creek basin and estimated a draft EIS timeline for mid-May 2025; ADEQ listed a TMDL update; local Friends of Sonoita Creek presented a well-monitoring program; CMWP funding for a three-year watershed planning project was reported as granted but paused with a projected July 2025 start date.
Arizona Department of Water Resources staff presented a PowerPoint summarizing supply and demand for the Cienega Creek Groundwater Basin and noted the current draft environmental impact statement (EIS) timeline as approximately May 14, 2025. Presenters said the future projections for the S32 (South32/Hermosa) mine were not included in that presentation. A member of the public, Robin Lucky, asked what type of streamflow gauge would be acceptable for reliable data collection; the question was recorded for follow-up.
Grant Weinkam of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality was listed to present an updated total maximum daily load (TMDL) report; the committee record notes that one PowerPoint attachment for that item was not received.
Locally, Chris Gardner presented the Friends of Sonoita Creek well monitoring program and referenced attached slides. Cally Wilkin and Howard Buchanan reported that funding for a three-year watershed management planning project through the CMWP had been granted but is currently paused; they gave a projected start date of July 2025 and directed inquiries to the Town of Patagonia for specifics.
No formal regulatory actions, funding authorizations or vote outcomes were taken on these items during the meeting; the presentations were recorded for ongoing planning and monitoring work.
