Federal funds may help fund Nueces River study

Flooding, water supply addressed

By Jaime Powell (Contact)
Originally published 12:00 a.m., July 19, 2007
Updated 03:49 a.m., July 19, 2007

Half a million dollars in federal funding could go to an ongoing study of the Nueces River Basin, aimed at addressing flood control, aquifer recharge, water supply and overall water resource management.

The study, which began in 2005, is expected to cost $11.5 million.

The $500,000 was approved by the U.S House Tuesday as part of the Energy and Water Appropriations bill. The bill is headed to the U.S. Senate for consideration, to be followed by joint negotiations between the House and Senate, before it goes back to both chambers for another vote. It then must be signed by the president.

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