Sulphur —
The fight over a proposed maximum annual yield for the Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer continued Wednesday, as area residents talked about how the proposal would affect them.
The Oklahoma Water Resources Board wrapped up a two-day hearing on whether the state should adopt the board’s proposal setting a maximum annual yield for the aquifer. The board has tentatively proposed a maximum annual yield of 78,404 acre feet, equaling .2 acre feet per acre per year. Communities and individual landowners who receive water rights permits would get an equal proportionate share of the water.
People who supported the board’s proposal said they thought the science behind the recommendation was sound.
“At the end of the day, is the model perfect? We don’t know,” said Durant resident Amy Ford, leader of the Citizens Protecting the Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer. “But it’s the best we have.”
Ford said she also supported the board’s documentation, which included a five-year plan for implementing the order.
Opponents of the proposal generally did not attack the science behind it. Instead, they focused on how the proposal would affect their daily lives.
Dave Roberson, who represented Murray County Rural Water District 1, said the proposal would harm the district’s ability to serve its residents’ needs.
“It’s the greatest danger to our rural water district since we started it back in 1964,” he said.
The board may issue a final order by the end of the summer.
For the full story, see Friday’s edition of the Ada News.
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