By Kristi Reed
The National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has reached a tentative agreement with the owner of Double Oaks Golf Course to allow irrigation using water from the course reservoir.
Golf course, conservation service reach tentative agreement
Carol Boss, District Conservationist with the NRCS, said the property owner has agreed to maintain the watershed structure if given permission to irrigate with reservoir water.
The maintenance requirements include keeping the dam mowed and removing undesirable plants from the spillway.
Boss announced the agreement at the October 8 meeting of the Oconee River Soil and Water Conservation District (ORSWCD).
Board chairman David Jackson said he was pleased with the negotiations.
“The more help we get with these structures, the better,” he said.
Board of supervisors member Boyd McLocklin expressed concern, asking if limits could be imposed to prevent the over-depletion of the pond.
“It seems to me that we need something to specify exactly what they are going to do and what the limits are on what they can draw out,” he said.
McLocklin said he was concerned that adjacent property owners could be left with an empty mud hole.
Boss and state regional representative Robert Amos said the agreement could be worded in such a way to prevent the draining of the pond.
The agreement will exist solely between Double Oaks Golf Course and the Oconee River Soil and Water Conservation District. If the golf course should change hands, the withdrawal permit would become invalid.
In other business, the board ratified the erosion sediment and control plans submitted during the months of September and October.
The board approved 15 plans and disapproved 22 plans.
The maintenance requirements include keeping the dam mowed and removing undesirable plants from the spillway.
Boss announced the agreement at the October 8 meeting of the Oconee River Soil and Water Conservation District (ORSWCD).
Board chairman David Jackson said he was pleased with the negotiations.
“The more help we get with these structures, the better,” he said.
Board of supervisors member Boyd McLocklin expressed concern, asking if limits could be imposed to prevent the over-depletion of the pond.
“It seems to me that we need something to specify exactly what they are going to do and what the limits are on what they can draw out,” he said.
McLocklin said he was concerned that adjacent property owners could be left with an empty mud hole.
Boss and state regional representative Robert Amos said the agreement could be worded in such a way to prevent the draining of the pond.
The agreement will exist solely between Double Oaks Golf Course and the Oconee River Soil and Water Conservation District. If the golf course should change hands, the withdrawal permit would become invalid.
In other business, the board ratified the erosion sediment and control plans submitted during the months of September and October.
The board approved 15 plans and disapproved 22 plans.
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