FAST FACTS
- The Panhandle counties of Roberts, Hemphill, Lipscomb and Ochiltree sit atop approximately 81 million acre-feet of Ogallala Aquifer water
- There are 325,851 gallons of water per acre foot
- Of the 2.5 million acres of land in the four-county area, only 4% or 100,000 acres are used for farming
- Mesa Water will acquire rights to sell 320,000 acre-feet of water annually to Texas municipalities in need
- 320,000 acre-feet of water would satisfy the annual needs of about 1.5 million Texans
- The hydro-geological structure of the Ogallala Aquifer beneath the Mesa Water land is in the form of saturated sand, clay, gravel and silt
- Drawdown from the Mesa Water project will be limited to the immediate vicinity of the project area – an area without a need for the water
- Mesa Water is subject to significant regulation from the Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District and other area districts and regulatory agencies
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