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Consider recommendation from the Aquifer Management Planning Committee to approve a Memorandum of Understanding Between the EAA and Heritage Commodity, LLC, for the Development of Methodologies to Address Uncertainties Associated with the Potential Development of an Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project originating in Val Verde County, Texas.
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RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Move the board approve a Memorandum of Understanding Between the EAA and Heritage Commodity, LLC, for the Development of Methodologies to Address Uncertainties Associated with the Potential Development of an Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project originating in Val Verde County, Texas.
SUMMARY:
The purpose of this agenda item is for the board to consider an Aquifer Management Planning Committee recommendation to approve a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Between the EAA and Heritage Commodity, LLC (Heritage), for the Development of Methodologies to Address Uncertainties Associated with the Potential Development of an Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project. Over the past year, EAA staff has been meeting informally with Heritage regarding a potential recharge project involving groundwater from Val Verde County based on a letter of interest sent to the board from Heritage discussing their proposed project. Specifically, Heritage was formed for the purpose of developing a water resource from property owned within Val Verde County, Texas. Heritage is exploring an option of transporting groundwater from the Edwards-Trinity Aquifer in Val Verde County, west of the Knippa Gap, and artificially recharging that water into the Edwards Aquifer east of the Knippa Gap in Medina County. The ultimate goal associated with the potential project would be to obtain authorization from the EAA to artificially recharge the transported groundwater, store the groundwater in the Aquifer, and subsequently retrieve and place a portion of the groundwater to a beneficial use within the EAA's jurisdictional boundaries.
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