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Amy Anne Ford, President Citizens for the Protection of the Arbuckle Simpson Aquifer (CPASA) CPASA, TOWN HALL MEETING, MAY 3rd, 2012

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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

The birthplace of our water supply

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……