Water Conservation Reserve Program concept broached at SOA Field Day

  • PANEL TALKS WATER IDEAS Dr. Chris Grotegut of Hereford (left), Lacy Vardeman of Slaton, and Lincoln Devault of Farwell were featured panelists at the Stewarding Our Aquifer Field Day September 17 in Lubbock, sponsored by Ogallala Commons. Grotegut brought up the concept of a Water Conservation Reserve Program which was supported by his fellow panelists. Concepts to halt the heavy drawdown of the small remnant of the Ogallala aquifer are garnering new attention. | JIM STEIERT PHOTO
    PANEL TALKS WATER IDEAS Dr. Chris Grotegut of Hereford (left), Lacy Vardeman of Slaton, and Lincoln Devault of Farwell were featured panelists at the Stewarding Our Aquifer Field Day September 17 in Lubbock, sponsored by Ogallala Commons. Grotegut brought up the concept of a Water Conservation Reserve Program which was supported by his fellow panelists. Concepts to halt the heavy drawdown of the small remnant of the Ogallala aquifer are garnering new attention. | JIM STEIERT PHOTO

    An ambitious “Water Conservation Reserve Program” concept to make water districts funding hubs for retiring irrigated agriculture in Panhandle and South Plains counties was floated during a panel discussion at a Stewarding Our Aquifer Field Day September 17 in Lubbock sponsored by Ogallala Commons.

    Irrigation retirement would preserve the remnant groundwater of the Ogallala aquifer for domestic nee…