AUSTIN – Studies on agricultural conservation, facility siting, surface water availability, groundwater for agriculture and climate change are among the topics to be discussed at an upcoming public meeting on the LCRA-SAWS Water Project.
The public is invited to attend the meeting, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 30 at the El Campo Civic Center, 2350 N. Mechanic St. on Highway 71 in Wharton County. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. The agenda can be viewed online at www.lcra.org/lswp/.
To reserve lunch, call LCRA at 1-800-776-5272, Ext. 7208, or send an e-mail to lcrasawswaterproject@lcra.org no later than Monday, Oct. 22.
The purpose of the meeting is to provide updates on various studies of the project, which is designed to help meet long-term water needs in the lower Colorado River basin and the San Antonio area by conserving water used for agriculture, storing excess and unused surface water supplies in the holding basin for future use, and using groundwater to help meet agricultural irrigation needs when surface water is lacking.
LCRA and SAWS are in the fourth year of an extended study period to find out if the project makes sense – technically, environmentally and financially. The project is being studied from many angles by technical experts and their findings are being reviewed by an independent panel of nationally renowned scientists and experts in the areas of study.
