Fort Stockton Looking For Interlocal Agreement With Odessa On Monitor Water Well
By: Dylan Brooks
Updated: March 21, 2013
FORT STOCKTON -- The City of Fort Stockton is set to officially partner with Odessa to find an underground water source for both cities.
Fort Stockton City Council members are expected to consider an interlocal agreement with Odessa to fund a monitor well in southwest Pecos County.
Fort Stockton City Manager Raul Rodriguez tells Big 2 that the issue will be discussed at a meeting on March 18th.
Fort Stockton is looking to work with Odessa, after attempts at coming to a $3 million interlocal agreement with Pecos County for the monitor well and a test well stalled.
The $680,000 monitor well -- which would be drilled about 10 miles southwest of Fort Stockton -- would reach the Capitan Reef Aquifer.
The Capitan Reef Aquifer could soon become a water source for both Odessa and Fort Stockton.
If the water from the aquifer can be made potable, Odessa plans on upgrading Fort Stockton's water treatment plant and building a pipeline to bring the water to Ector County.
Fort Stockton City Council members are expected to consider an interlocal agreement with Odessa to fund a monitor well in southwest Pecos County.
Fort Stockton City Manager Raul Rodriguez tells Big 2 that the issue will be discussed at a meeting on March 18th.
Fort Stockton is looking to work with Odessa, after attempts at coming to a $3 million interlocal agreement with Pecos County for the monitor well and a test well stalled.
The $680,000 monitor well -- which would be drilled about 10 miles southwest of Fort Stockton -- would reach the Capitan Reef Aquifer.
The Capitan Reef Aquifer could soon become a water source for both Odessa and Fort Stockton.
If the water from the aquifer can be made potable, Odessa plans on upgrading Fort Stockton's water treatment plant and building a pipeline to bring the water to Ector County.
