Water allocation of 25% in El Paso County, Texas
4/26/2022 12:00:00 AM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
El Paso County, TX
Start Date: 3/15/2022
- End Date: 12/31/2022
El Paso County Water Improvement District No. 1 has not yet announced its allotment, but the manager estimated that it would be 18 inches of water per acre. El Paso gets 40% of its drinking water from the Rio Grande River and has diversified water sources to rely less on shrinking surface water supplies. The Elephant Butte Reservoir was at 12.6% of capacity on April 24.
The water will be released on June 1.
El Paso Times (Texas), April 25, 2022
Irrigation in portions of the Lower Valley was effluent/treated sewage from the City of El Paso, El Paso County Water Improvement District No. 1 wells and some private wells. Water was scheduled to be released from Elephant Butte Reservoir in late May, which would deliver water to El Paso County in early June.
AgriLife Today (College Station, Texas), March 22, 2022
The El Paso County Water Improvement District No. 1 allotted 25% of irrigation water to growers/landowners, and all other irrigations were to be provided through private farm wells.
AgriLife Today (College Station, Texas), March 15, 2022
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