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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1975)
THE BATTALION TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1975 Page 3 Dam to provide water for coast Neither Bryan nor College Sta tion foresees a need for water supply from Millican Lake and neither city supports the dam. But the Brazos River Authority (BRA) says the lake is needed to prepare for future water needs in the Brazos River Basin. “The big water requirements are near the coast,” says Carson H. Hoge, assistant general manager of the BRA. “There are no sources in the coastal areas to meet the future water needs.” The BRA has a master plan of 23 reservoirs, of which eight are com pleted, two are under construction and three (including Millican) are being designed. Of the eight completed dams, only Lake Waco is used exclusively for local needs. The others are part of a basin-wide water supply sys tem. If Millican is built, the BRA can use the water downstream to help the coast. 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The resolu tion says all but 75,000 acre-feet per year from the basin is committed and all but 50,000 of acre-feet per year long-range needs are commit ted. Cornelius van Ravel, chairman of the Enviroftmental Action Council, says the BRA\is only selling 28 per cent of its available water supply — in other words) commitments are grossly inflated.) For instance, the BRA is permit ted to sell 225,000 acre-feet of water through its 200-mile canal system in the coastal counties of Brazoria, Galveston and Fort Bend. Last year, the BRA signed com mitments to supply roughly 25,000 acre-feet more than their permitted supply. But commitment contracts are usually based on maximum needs, so the BRA actually sold 167.000 acre-feet — well below its capacity. But the coastal area is looking for more surface water supplies for its cities, farms and large petrochemi cal plants. The reason is subsidence. As well water is pumped from the sandy layers, the sand draws water from neighboring clay. The clay is then pressed together as upper layers of soil sink. “In the past 30 years the Houston Ship Channel area has sunk by as much as 7.5 feet. The San Jacinto Monument is now' 6.5 feet lower than 30 years ago, a drop of 3.5 oc- curing in the past 10 years,” says a report from the TAMU Texas Water Resources Institute. This subsidence, according to the same report, has cost the Houston- Pasadena area $113 million in dam age and property losses. Although Houston is not in BRA territory and does not buy BRA water, subsidence is also a problem at the mouth of the Brazos. It is a problem which developers must solve soon. One answer is to use water which is already above ground. Hoge says the BRA has been asked to supply 25,000 acre-feet per year to a proposed refinery near Richmond (Fort Bend County) and 5.000 acre-feet per year to Alcoa Corp. for its Rockdale lignite site. Another 25,000 to 39,000 acre- feet per year will be committed to two power plants from the Texas Utilities Generating Co. These needs can be met through other re servoirs now in the planning and construction stages, but the BRA does not want to be caught short. . “It is most probable,” says Hoge, “that by the time Millican Lake is completed, all the water supply yields dependably available from other authority reservoirs will have been specifically committed. Addi tional needs not now foreseen will ALLEN Oldsmobile Cadillac SALES - SERVICE “Where satisfaction is standard equipment” 2401 Texas Ave. 823-8002 r msc A, Cafeteria J New and Better Than Ever You Will Be Pleased With These Carefully Prepared and Tactp Tempting Foods Each Daily Special OnF $1.39 >lus Tax. 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Each evening from 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. any person who purchases food totaling $5.00 or more will receive a free enlarged reproduction of a REPUBLIC OF TEXAS FIVE DOLLAR BILL FRIDAY EVENING SPECIAL BREADED FISH FILET w/TARTAR SAUCE Cole Slaw Hush Puppies Choice of one vegetable Roll or Corn Bread- & Butter Tea or Coffee SATURDAY NOON and EVENING i# uiAL “Yankee Pot Roast Texas Style” Tossed Salad Choice of one vegetable Tea or Coffee “Quality First” SUNDAY SPECIAL NOON and EVENING ROAST TURKEY DINNER Served with Cranberry Sauce Cornbread Dressing Roll or Corn Bread - Butter - Coffee or Tea Giblet Gravy And your choice of any One vegetable have to be met from Millican.” “We cannot agree with the idea of destroying some 100,000 rural acres to encourage further sprawl of a pol luted industrial complex on the Gulf Coast,” counters an EAC report. The report notes that the BRA sells 85 percent of its purchased water to utilities. Millican will yield 167,000 acre- feet per year. College Station, Bryan and Navasota do not foresee a need for the reservoir, but none will discount the possibility of using the water. College Station City Manager North Bardell says College Station could use the lake as an indepen dent water supply instead of buying from Bryan and Texas A&M as it does now. The threat of an inde pendent source could at least lead to a better bargaining position for Col lege Station, he says. (Tomorrow: water quality and flood control) i.\ki;\ii;\\ ci i i 3 Miles N. 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Those persons who do under stand the various plans and eleva tions express concern about the pro jected condition of the relatively shallow lake. John E. Moody, 89, lives along Gibbons Creek. The creek would be the largest arm of the reservoir be cause of its broad flat bottomland. Moody has farmed, ranched, raised wild pigs and worked on the railroad in the area along Gibbons Jurisdiction of Brazos River Authority Creek. He ways he can’t understand why anyone would want to build a lake there. “It ain’t for a thing in the world but a place to fish,’ he says, looking out on land that conceivably could be under 20 feet of water within the decade. “If they build that dam it’ll be a big mistake. Gonna need money, money, money, money.” His son, Evans Moody, lives nearby in the community of Pied mont. The 75-person community would lie under water according to Corps of Engineer plans. A Grimes County surveyor, Moody Jr. said Millican “will be too shallow to do much good. You need hills and there just aren’t that many in the area. “It’s gonna be more of less a snake pond,” he suggested. Most of his own 3,500 acres would be flooded by the reservoir. Now, the landowners have gathered further support for their cause from local governmental bodies and the Brazos County En vironmental Action Council. (Bryan voted to oppose the dam because of lignite coal deposits in the area, while the College Station city council voted to neither support nor oppose the plans. Both had sup ported the project in the past.) (Tomorrow: Land development and lignite mining.) Embrey’s Jewelry We Specialize In Atfgie Rings. Diamonds Set— Sizing— Reoxidizing— All types watch/jewelry Repair Aggie Charge Accounts 9-5:30 846-5816 DAMRUSI TODAY 2:15-8 p.m. Another Special Event In The American Film Theatre Season Of Special Events. GALILEO Topol in Bertolt Brecht’s GALILEO "A distinguished piece of work." —Saturday Review "Exciting, stimulating, beautifully made. 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