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Amy Ford, President CPASA, Water Town Hall, 5/19/12
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Amy Anne Ford, PresidentCitizens for the Protection of the Arbuckle Simpson Aquifer (CPASA)
CPASA, TOWN HALL MEETING, MAY 3rd, 2012
City of Ada
City of Ardmore
City of Durant
City of Sulphur
City of Tishomingo
City of Wynnewood
Tupelo PWA
West Davis
Town of Ratliff City
Roff
Dougherty
Mill Creek
Bryan Co. RWD #2
Bryan Co. RWD #5
Garvin Co. RWD #6
Johnston Co. RWD #3
Murray Co. RWD #1
Pontotoc Co. RWD #7
Pontotoc Co. RWD #8
Pontotoc Co. RWD #9
Buckhorn RWD
Southern Oklahoma Water Corp.
Tupelo PWA
Turner FallsFalls Creek Baptist Camp
Chickasaw National Recreation AreaSlipper Falls Boy Scout Camp
Blue River Hunting and Fishing Area
Background
• Designated in 1989 by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a Sole Source Aquifer • The "sole or principal” source of
drinking water for an area
• No viable alternative water source
How it all started……
In 2002, large landowners over the Arbuckle submitted an application for a groundwater permit to the OWRB for 80,000 acre-feet per year
Plan to construct $200 Million pipeline to supply water to a group of communities in central Oklahoma
Passed by the legislature in 2003
Only applicable to a Sole Source Aquifer(i.e. the Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer)
For the first time in Oklahoma law –
Recognized the interconnection between
groundwater and surface water (Impact of groundwater withdrawals on streams and
springs)
Continued……
Most importantly,
Required a comprehensive study be conducted to determine the Maximum Annual Yield (MAY)
Comprehensive StudyThe Oklahoma Water Resource Board
U.S. Geological Survey
The University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University
The Bureau of Reclamation
5 Year and $5 Million dollars plus
Maximum Annual Yield has been determined
Continued……