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Alt Ag Water Transfer Grants
Basin Roundtable
Arkansas
Applicant
Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District
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Super Ditch Company
Board Meeting Date
7/22/2008
Contract/PO #
C150427
Alt Ag Water - Doc Type
Grant Application
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Alternative Agricultural Water Transfer Methods -Grant Application Farm <br />January 2x08 <br />The Lower Arkansas Valley depends on irrigated agriculture for its economic base. <br />Preservation of irrigation in the Lower Valley thus qualifies as "high value agricultural <br />lands." Water leasing is intended to preserve such agriculture. See also response to # <br />2 e above which contains socioeconomic information showing that the Lower Valley is <br />disproportionately poor, unemployed, and minority when compared to the rest of the <br />state. <br />e) The proposed projectlprogram addresses water quality, or provides other environmental benefits <br />to rivers, streams and wetlalids. <br />Task D specifically addresses the water quality effects of water leasing, which are <br />expected to be positive. Dr. Tim Gates, the leader in this field of investigation, and his <br />team will quantify the expected impacts of water leasing. <br />f) The proposed project/program increases our understanding of and quantifies program casts. <br />This could include: institutional, legal, technical and third parry impacts. <br />Projected institutional costs of operating the Super Ditch Company will be part of the <br />Financial Plan prepared under Task A. <br />Third party impacts have been addressed by prior studies, specifically HDR's Final <br />Engineering and Economic Feasibility Analysis (Nov. 2007). <br />Technical issues have been addressed in prior studies by HDR and Boyle, and will be <br />further addressed in this Project. <br />Legal costs have largely been incurred, and can be quantified. Task E is one remaining <br />legal cast that will be part of this Project. <br />Optional Task G would integrate the various studies into one comprehensive report that <br />could serve as a roadmap or template for other areas of the state interested in water <br />leasing as an alternative to continued buy-and-dry of irrigated agriculture. <br />g) The proposed project/programdnes not adversely affect access to other sources of water (not <br />subject tolparticipating in the program) where owners of these water rights may wish to pursue <br />traditional transfer oftheir rights to other users. <br />Water leasing is an entirely voluntary so it cannot impact anyone who does not want to <br />participate and who wants to sell or otherwise dispose of their water rights. <br />h) The proposed project/program provides a perpetual water supply for the new and/or alternate use <br />and preserves agricultural production and/or helps sustain the area's economy from which the <br />transfer is occurring (it should be noted that for this criterion the term perpetual means provides a <br />penx-anent and reliable source of water that is not subject to future negotiations/terms or <br />conditions to sustain the new use). <br />Water leasing can provide as perpetual of a supply of water to M&I users as they are <br />19 <br />
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