Saline water

Thursday July 8th Judge Fite came to our meeting to reveal a plan of the Saline County Watershed Alliance.  The  plan entails a buyout of the entire watershed area of the Little Alum Fork of the Saline River.  “In the end the lake will be around 9000 acres and will store 17 million gallons of water,” as stated by the Tri Lakes edition of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.

Judge Fite told us that in the 1990’s a voter initiative was begun without a plan, but this time will be different.  The Saline County Quorum Court will only come to the voters after a plan has been approved by the Corps of Engineers with a permit in place.  He predicts that time will be sometime next spring.

The Saline County Watershed Alliance has been working on this project for the last five years and you can see their work at http://www.salinecounty.org/swa.htm.

One of our members asked Judge Fite if he had to decide which intiative to vote for “The Fairplex” or the “Little Alum Fork Dam” which one would it be?  He declined to answer.  But we know.  We can’t ask voters to vote for 1% for the Fairplex and then 1% for Water.  For now, water is a necessity.

Want to know what you can do?  Please contact me at sherrygforjp@gmail.com.  We  have needs for phone callers and door to door walkers.