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Quichapa Recharge Project
Quichapa Recharge Project
2006: CICWCD filed an aquifer recharge application with the State Engineer
After the discovery of fissures in Enoch, UGS was contracted by CICWCD to establish an updated estimate of water supply and demand within the Cedar Valley Basin
2014: UGS published the study stating that there is a deficit of 9,100 acre feet from the Cedar Valley Aquifer each year
Quichapa Lake was ruled out as a collection facility (to hold water and later pump water directly from the lake to a recharge area) because the total dissolved solids (TDS) was too high to recharge-water reaching Quichapa Lake becomes too contaminated
October 2015: The application was approved allowing the District to recharge up to 20,000 acre feet per year from Coal Creek
March 2016: CICWCD held a key stakeholders meeting to discuss alternatives for recharge projects
October 2016: CICWCD received a $100,000 grant from the local Enterprise and Iron Conservation District which is under the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food to help construct the diversion structure.
October 2016: CICWCD filed an application for a groundwater recharge permit
January 2017: The permit for groundwater recharge was approved
January 2017: CICWCD, in conjunction with Cedar City, Iron County, and local property owners, broke ground on the Quichapa Recharge Project